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Airway Repair During Lung Removal Surgery

Kentucky 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?

$6,151

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,151 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$263$229 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$398 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $229 to $11,220Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $224 to $501
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,888professional $263

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
$229.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74

Where Kentucky 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 feeKentucky $6,151 · 13th 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.