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Roughening The Lung Lining To Prevent Collapse

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 32215

Surgery that deliberately roughens the lining of the lung and chest wall so the two surfaces scar together and stick. Once they are stuck, air cannot build up between them and the lung cannot collapse again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Roughening The Lung Lining To Prevent Collapse cost?

$4,789

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,380 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,698

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$4,789

$1,698 physician + $3,090 facility

CO $10,947MD $1,474

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.