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Open Drainage Of A Lung Abscess Or Cyst

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,820$1,380 to $3,311
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$794 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,128
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,570.88
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$1,778

AK $4,571TX $676

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.