# CPT 32810: Closure of chest wall following open flap drainage for empyema

Medicare CPT 32810 pays $873.77 in a non-facility setting and $873.77 in a facility setting under the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, before geographic adjustment. After geographic adjustment, state amounts run from $777.18 in Arkansas to $1,079.57 in Alaska, a 39% spread.

Web page: https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/32810-cpt-fee-schedule
Section: Surgery and Procedures

## Medicare rates

| | Amount |
| --- | --- |
| National non-facility | $873.77 |
| National facility | $873.77 |
| Conversion factor | 33.4009 |
| Release | 2026 Q4 (effective 2026-10-01) |

## By state

| State | Non-facility | Facility |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alaska | $1,079.57 | $1,079.57 |
| Florida | $990.38 | $990.38 |
| Illinois | $977.91 | $977.91 |
| New York | $971.39 | $971.39 |
| District of Columbia | $960.97 | $960.97 |
| New Jersey | $942.27 | $942.27 |
| Connecticut | $929.55 | $929.55 |
| Michigan | $907.45 | $907.45 |
| Massachusetts | $901.19 | $901.19 |
| Maryland | $900.82 | $900.82 |
| Washington | $900.35 | $900.35 |
| West Virginia | $891.80 | $891.80 |
| Georgia | $886.35 | $886.35 |
| California | $883.75 | $883.75 |
| Pennsylvania | $881.16 | $881.16 |
| Rhode Island | $878.55 | $878.55 |
| New Mexico | $876.38 | $876.38 |
| Puerto Rico | $874.84 | $874.84 |
| Virgin Islands | $874.84 | $874.84 |
| Montana | $873.52 | $873.52 |
| Colorado | $869.77 | $869.77 |
| New Hampshire | $869.33 | $869.33 |
| Texas | $863.65 | $863.65 |
| Delaware | $860.68 | $860.68 |
| Hawaii | $858.54 | $858.54 |
| Oregon | $858.02 | $858.02 |
| Louisiana | $856.50 | $856.50 |
| Nevada | $853.62 | $853.62 |
| Ohio | $851.73 | $851.73 |
| Missouri | $850.07 | $850.07 |
| Arizona | $847.96 | $847.96 |
| Utah | $845.43 | $845.43 |
| Wyoming | $841.98 | $841.98 |
| South Carolina | $835.33 | $835.33 |
| Kentucky | $834.01 | $834.01 |
| Virginia | $833.33 | $833.33 |
| Oklahoma | $818.20 | $818.20 |
| Maine | $816.34 | $816.34 |
| North Carolina | $811.91 | $811.91 |
| Vermont | $810.73 | $810.73 |
| Mississippi | $805.09 | $805.09 |
| North Dakota | $801.15 | $801.15 |
| Minnesota | $795.38 | $795.38 |
| Tennessee | $793.09 | $793.09 |
| South Dakota | $792.60 | $792.60 |
| Indiana | $791.62 | $791.62 |
| Idaho | $788.18 | $788.18 |
| Kansas | $787.74 | $787.74 |
| Alabama | $787.65 | $787.65 |
| Wisconsin | $778.06 | $778.06 |
| Iowa | $777.57 | $777.57 |
| Nebraska | $777.36 | $777.36 |
| Arkansas | $777.18 | $777.18 |

## Related codes

- 30000: Drainage of abscess, nasal, internal approach — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30000-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30117: Excision or destruction of intranasal lesion, internal approach — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30117-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30130: Excision, inferior turbinate, partial or complete — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30130-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30140: Submucous resection, inferior turbinate, partial or complete — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30140-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30300: Removal of foreign body, intranasal, office-type instrument — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30300-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30400: Rhinoplasty, primary, simple — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30400-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30420: Rhinoplasty, primary, including major septal repair — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30420-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30520: Septoplasty/submucous resection — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30520-cpt-fee-schedule

Commercial negotiated rates for 32810 by payer and state: https://www.med-reveal.com/solutions/rate-benchmarking

## Sources

- CMS Medicare fee schedules (2026 Q4): https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/fee-schedules