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Removal of Remaining Lung After Earlier Surgery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 32488

Removal of all the lung tissue left on one side, in a person who has already had part of that lung taken out in an earlier operation. It is done when disease returns or persists in the portion that was left behind. Afterwards, breathing depends entirely on the lung on the other side.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Remaining Lung After Earlier Surgery cost?

$8,149

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,129 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,129$3,388 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,761Professionalmedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $7,244
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $5,129

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
$3,388.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$16,982.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,244.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Alaska than in Washington. 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$8,149

$5,129 physician + $3,020 facility

AK $20,770WA $2,820

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.