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Open Drainage Of A Lung Abscess Or Cyst

Alabama rates for HCPCS 32200

An operation that opens the chest to drain a pocket of pus or a fluid-filled cyst inside the lung. A channel is left so the cavity keeps draining while it shrinks and heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of A Lung Abscess Or Cyst cost?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$1,175 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,259 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,514

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$1,862

CA $8,318WV $1,122

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.