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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Montana 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?

$2,518

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,518 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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$1,259$1,047 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,230 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $1,349Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $832 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $1,259

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Montana 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

Montana· 43rd of 50

$2,518

$1,259 physician + $1,259 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.