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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Kansas 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?

$4,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$977$724 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,148 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,120Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $977

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
$933.25
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 50

$4,779

$977 physician + $3,802 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.