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Lung Removal With Chest Lining

Montana 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,495$3,631 to $5,623
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$5,129 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $6,166Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $79 to $6,166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $5,495

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
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,456.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$5,495

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.