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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

South Dakota 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?

$2,881

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,881 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$794 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$933 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,042
$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $1,259

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 39th of 50

$2,881

$1,259 physician + $1,622 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.