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Keyhole Clearing Of Material From The Chest Cavity

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 32653

Removes an object, or thick stringy fibrous deposits, from the space between the lung and the chest wall, working through small chest incisions with a camera. Such deposits build up when infection or bleeding in the chest organizes into sticky material that walls fluid off into pockets. Clearing the space drains the trapped fluid and lets the lung expand.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Clearing Of Material From The Chest Cavity cost?

$1,738

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,288 to $6,918.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $11,749
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738

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
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 21.9 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$1,738

ME $22,387ND $1,023

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.