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Lung Removal With Chest Lining

Delaware rates for HCPCS 32445

Removes an entire lung on one side together with the membrane lining the chest wall around it, working in the plane outside that lining. Taking the lining as well is necessary when disease has spread into or through it and cannot be peeled away. It is major chest surgery performed under general anesthesia.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lung Removal With Chest Lining cost?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,467 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,467$3,020 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $6,607
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Delaware· 40th of 51

$3,388

AK $14,125TX $1,318

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.