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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Idaho 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?

$2,984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$977 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,023 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $741 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $1,122

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 37th of 50

$2,984

$1,122 physician + $1,862 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.