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Removal Of Ribs From The Chest Wall

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 32900

Removes one or more ribs from the chest wall, working outside the membrane that lines the chest cavity. The operation is sometimes carried out in more than one stage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Ribs From The Chest Wall cost?

$5,500

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$1,698$1,380 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,698 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,754
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,802professional $1,698

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
$1,698.24
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeSouth Carolina $5,500 · 29th of 50
ME $14,165MD $2,320

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.