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Lung Lobe Removal With Airway Reconstruction

Montana 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 October 2026.

How much does Lung Lobe Removal With Airway Reconstruction cost?

$7,346

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$3,631$2,399 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$3,467 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $4,074Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $79 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $3,631

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
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 7.6 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 13th of 51

$7,346

$3,631 physician + $3,715 facility

AK $20,297TX $2,666

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.