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Removal Of A Lung With Windpipe Reconstruction

Colorado rates for HCPCS 32442

Surgery to remove an entire lung together with a section of the windpipe where disease has grown into it. The remaining airway is then joined back onto the windpipe so the other lung keeps breathing normally.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Lung With Windpipe Reconstruction cost?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $19,953 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$3,467 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19,953$6,026 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19,953 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $44,668Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $6,026
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $19,953professional $3,548

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$5,495

AK $10,471HI $2,884

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.