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Airway Repair During Lung Removal Surgery

Colorado rates for HCPCS 32501

Removal and repair of a segment of an airway during an operation to take out part of a lung. Rebuilding the airway lets the surgeon clear disease that reaches into it while keeping more healthy lung tissue. It is billed in addition to the main operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Airway Repair During Lung Removal Surgery cost?

$20,234

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20,234 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $19,953 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$275 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$19,953$6,026 to $30,903

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19,953 · 10th to 90th $589 to $44,668Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $257 to $525
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0K$100.0Kfacility $19,953professional $282

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
$275.42
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$616.60
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 65.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeColorado $20,234 · 2nd of 49
IN $34,166WV $521

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.