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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Nebraska 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?

$9,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,318$692 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,318

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$9,830

$1,318 physician + $8,511 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.