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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Massachusetts 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?

$3,689

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,689 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$741 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,047 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,623Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $871

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
$549.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,570.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,570.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$3,689

$871 physician + $2,818 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.