CPT 32035

Chest drainage surgery with rib removal for empyema

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Thoracostomy w/rib resection

Payer pricing summary

Low

$522

Average

$1.5k

Median

$966

High

$7.3k

Payer rate distribution

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All methodologies Case rate 45 Fee schedule 49 Per diem 6 Percent of billed charges 26 Other 15

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	217	$2.6k	$3.9k	$6.0k	152%	—	$121 – $36.8k
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	178	$6.6k	$8.9k	$7.2k	80%	—	$0 – $33.7k
3	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	147	$1.8k	$4.8k	$5.7k	118%	—	$79 – $33.6k
4	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	112	$3.0k	$5.5k	$5.3k	97%	—	$0 – $20.7k
5	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	101	$713	$2.2k	$2.0k	88%	—	$634 – $8.3k
6	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	87	$875	$2.6k	$3.9k	150%	—	$605 – $23.1k
7	Molina professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	39	$569	$582	$366	63%	—	$113 – $1.1k
8	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	37	$699	$722	$194	27%	—	$605 – $1.9k
9	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	31	$1.2k	$1.2k	$494	41%	—	$585 – $3.1k
10	WellCare fee schedule · both · +6 other terms	26	$645	$738	$198	27%	—	$536 – $1.3k
11	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	21	$713	$707	$8	1%	—	$690 – $713
12	Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient	21	$569	$602	$416	69%	—	$113 – $1.8k
13	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	18	$673	$503	$178	35%	—	$324 – $686
14	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	18	$699	$685	$19	3%	—	$634 – $713
15	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	15	$1.3k	$1.2k	$382	32%	—	$459 – $1.8k
16	MultiPlan fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	13	$1.3k	$1.3k	$409	32%	—	$529 – $2.4k
17	Optum professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	13	$428	$464	$273	59%	—	$78 – $1.0k
18	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	13	$517	$1.1k	$1.3k	122%	—	$1 – $4.4k
19	Wellmark fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	13	$1.2k	$1.2k	$353	29%	—	$654 – $1.6k
20	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	12	$1.3k	$2.1k	$3.4k	160%	—	$0 – $13.4k
21	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · both · +2 other terms	12	$542	$542	—	—	—	$542 – $542
22	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	12	$3.4k	$4.4k	$2.8k	65%	—	$1.3k – $15.1k
23	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	12	$663	$666	$9	1%	—	$663 – $696
24	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	12	$873	$989	$622	63%	—	$406 – $6.6k
25	Bcbs Nj fee schedule · outpatient	11	$443	$562	$219	39%	—	$393 – $1.1k

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