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Lung Lobe Removal With Airway Reconstruction

Nebraska 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?

$8,134

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,134 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,898$3,890 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$676 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $13,804Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $6,918
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $4,898

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$16,595.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$8,134

$4,898 physician + $3,236 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.