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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

New York 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?

$7,037

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,037 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$708 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,951 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $13,490Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $871

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
$870.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,818.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where New York 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 York· 14th of 50

$7,037

$871 physician + $6,166 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.