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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32035

Surgery to drain a pocket of infected fluid from the space between the lung and the chest wall. The surgeon opens the chest wall and takes out a short segment of one rib to make a wide opening, so the thick infected fluid can escape and a drain can be placed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal cost?

$4,104

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,692$1,622 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,023 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $871 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $871 to $4,898
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $2,692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,786.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.9 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 28th of 50

$4,104

$2,692 physician + $1,413 facility

ME $23,387MD $1,474

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.