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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

North Carolina 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?

$2,404

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$1,023$776 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$933 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $1,023

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
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$2,404

$1,023 physician + $1,380 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.