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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

South Carolina 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?

$3,009

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,009 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$871$708 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$871 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $871 to $22,909Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $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
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 35th of 50

$3,009

$871 physician + $2,138 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.