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Open Removal Of The Peel Trapping A Lung

Iowa rates for HCPCS 32220

Opens the chest between the ribs and strips away the thick rind of scar tissue covering the lung and the inside of the chest wall that is holding the lung down and stopping it expanding. Freeing the whole lung surface lets it re-inflate and makes breathing easier. It is chosen when the trapping layer is too thick or extensive to remove any other way.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Removal Of The Peel Trapping A Lung cost?

$6,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,467$2,399 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,514 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,918Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,786
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $3,467

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska than in Washington. 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$6,419

$3,467 physician + $2,951 facility

AK $13,870WA $2,254

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.