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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Pennsylvania 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?

$6,112

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,112 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$741$708 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,585 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $776 to $8,511Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $741

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
$776.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$707.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 17th of 50

$6,112

$741 physician + $5,370 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.