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Lung Peel Removal With Chest Lining Removal

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 32320

Strips the thick fibrous rind that has formed over the surface of a trapped lung and also removes the lining from the inside of the chest wall. Freeing the lung from that peel lets it expand fully again. It is done through an open incision between the ribs, usually after long-standing infection or bleeding inside the chest.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lung Peel Removal With Chest Lining Removal cost?

$9,263

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,778 to $3,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,951 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $18,621Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,248
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $2,344

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Wisconsin 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

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WI $15,913MD $2,523

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.