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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

North Dakota 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?

$2,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $724 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$933 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$724$708 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $1,445

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
$707.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 50

$2,170

$1,445 physician + $724 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.