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Removal of Remaining Lung After Earlier Surgery

Maine 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 July 2026.

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

$3,236

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,754 to $3,715.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $4,898
$2K$5Kprofessional $3,236

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Maine· 21st of 51

$3,236

CA $10,000DE $2,344

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.