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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Indiana 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?

$21,230

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21,230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $20,417 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$692 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$20,417$12,023 to $26,915

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,417 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $30,200Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $20,417professional $813

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$21,230

$813 physician + $20,417 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.