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Lung Lobe Removal With Airway Reconstruction

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 32486

Removal of a lobe of the lung along with a segment of the airway serving it, after which the cut ends of the airway are stitched back together. This lets the surgeon take out disease that involves the airway itself while leaving the remaining healthy lung in place. It spares the patient from losing the whole lung on that side.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lung Lobe Removal With Airway Reconstruction cost?

$6,272

Typical total for the visit. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,272 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,388$2,512 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,202 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $4,365
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $2,884professional $3,388

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
$933.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,715.35
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeLouisiana $6,272 · 36th of 49
IN $36,175MD $3,291

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.