CPT code 32035: Thoracostomy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Redding

In Redding, Medicare pays $716.63 for 32035 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 32035 covers

The surgeon removes a portion of a rib while creating an opening into the chest to drain empyema, a collection of infected material in the pleural space. This is a more extensive operation than placing a chest tube and is typically performed by a thoracic surgeon in a facility operating room for a patient who needs surgical drainage.

Report the code when the operative documentation supports both the thoracostomy and rib resection for empyema. A tube placed for pleural drainage alone, or an open-flap drainage approach, represents a different service. Medicare assigns a 90-day global period, which includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Bilateral reporting with modifier 50 is paid at 150%. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Redding compares for 32035

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 32035 runs from $645.04 in Arkansas to $887.34 in Alaska*. Redding pays $716.63. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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32035 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 32035 rate is calculated

Each of 32035’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 32035

32035 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 32035

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 32035 has changed in Redding

Price 32035 for an earlier date of service

Where the Redding rate applies

Redding is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 32035 in Redding
• 32035 in Anderson
• 32035 in Bella Vista
• 32035 in Big Bend
• 32035 in Burney
• 32035 in Cassel
• 32035 in Castella
• 32035 in Centerville

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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