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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Missouri 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?

$5,197

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,197 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$832$724 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,512 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $10,000Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $832

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
$707.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 22nd of 50

$5,197

$832 physician + $4,365 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.