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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Illinois 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?

$2,753

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,753 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$724 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,202 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $871 to $9,333Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $891

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
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 41st of 50

$2,753

$891 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.