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Airway Repair During Lung Removal Surgery

Maine 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?

$316

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $275 to $380.

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 $316 · 10th to 90th $240 to $490
$200.0$500.0$1.0Kprofessional $316

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
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maine $316 · 33rd of 51
CA $5,248DE $240

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.