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Chest Wall Collapse Surgery With Airway Repair

Vermont 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 October 2026.

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

$2,291

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $2,630.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $2,399

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 7.8 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.

Vermont· 19th of 51

$2,291

AK $6,607TX $851

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.