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Airway Repair During Lung Removal Surgery

Vermont 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 October 2026.

How much does Airway Repair During Lung Removal Surgery cost?

$380

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $468.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813
$200$500$1Kfacility $776professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Vermont· 24th of 51

$380

AK $955UT $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.