Thoracentesis tube placement, the procedure costs about$360. Another device for chest drainage one is a thicker drain tube, probably a set is about 25 dollars. There is also a thoracentesis kit, which consists of a thin puncture needle, a thin drainage tube and a one-way drainage bag, through which gas and fluid can be run into the drainage bag, and the air and fluid in the drainage bag will not flow back into the chest cavity. This device is$420, plus$70 for the local anesthesia needed to do the thoracentesis. So one type of thoracentesis placement costs about$500, and there is another type of thoracentesis that uses a thin drain tube that is about$1,000.