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Chest Drainage For Infection, With Rib Removal

Tennessee 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?

$3,326

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,326 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$871$794 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,862 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $4,786Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 50

$3,326

$871 physician + $2,455 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.