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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Kentucky 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?

$9,236

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,236 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$724$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$851 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $692 to $11,220Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $724

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
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,981.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 10th of 50

$9,236

$724 physician + $8,511 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.