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Partial Removal Of The Peel Around A Lung

Montana rates for HCPCS 32225

Strips the thickened fibrous layer off part of the surface of a lung so that section can expand properly again. Only the affected area is freed, rather than the whole lung surface. It is done through an incision between the ribs, usually after infection or bleeding has left a restrictive layer over the lung.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Partial Removal Of The Peel Around A Lung cost?

$3,171

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,171 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$1,549$1,023 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,445 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,862Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,622professional $1,549

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in Colorado 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

Montana· 20th of 51

$3,171

$1,549 physician + $1,622 facility

CO $11,218WA $1,671

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.