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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Maryland 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?

$813

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $891.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $661 to $661Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,890.45
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$813

CA $6,607DE $724

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.