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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

New Hampshire 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?

$17,914

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $16,596 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$1,318$871 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$16,596$9,772 to $24,547

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16,596 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $27,542Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,089
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $16,596professional $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
$100.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,137.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 3rd of 50

$17,914

$1,318 physician + $16,596 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.