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Removal Of An Entire Lung

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 32440

Surgery to remove a whole lung on one side, done through an incision in the chest wall between the ribs. It is most often performed for a lung cancer that involves the central airways or crosses between lobes, where taking out a smaller portion would not clear the disease. Recovery involves a chest drain and a hospital stay while the remaining lung takes over.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Entire Lung cost?

$2,951

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,905 to $3,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,623
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in Indiana than in Wyoming. 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.

Massachusetts· 31st of 49

$2,951

IN $34,674WY $1,288

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.