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Chest Wall Collapse Surgery With Airway Repair

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 32906

Major chest wall surgery in which ribs are removed so the chest wall falls inwards and closes off an infected space around the lung, carried out together with closure of an abnormal opening between an airway and that space. It is used for long-standing infection in the chest cavity that has not settled with drainage and antibiotics. Sealing the airway leak is essential for the space to heal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chest Wall Collapse Surgery With Airway Repair cost?

$4,901

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,901 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$1,950$1,622 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,995 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,365
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,951professional $1,950

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,786.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 14.2 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMassachusetts $4,901 · 38th of 49
IN $35,747MD $2,523

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.