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Open Chest Removal Of A Wedge Of Lung

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 32505

Removes a wedge-shaped piece of lung containing a nodule or mass, reached through an incision between the ribs. Taking a wedge with a rim of healthy tissue around the growth treats it while preserving as much working lung as possible. This covers the first wedge taken; any further wedges are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Chest Removal Of A Wedge Of Lung cost?

$8,299

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,299 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 49 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,023 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,512 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,236
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $1,380

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
$1,023.29
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,748.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 12.5 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CO $21,676MD $1,732

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.