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Keyhole Removal Of Air Blisters On The Lung

Delaware rates for HCPCS 32655

Removes or folds down bullae, large air-filled blisters on the lung that no longer take any part in breathing and can burst and collapse the lung. It is done through small chest incisions using a camera rather than by opening the chest. Dealing with them lets healthy lung expand into the space and reduces the chance of another collapse.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal Of Air Blisters On The Lung cost?

$4,467

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$912 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$794 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,000

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 9.4 times more in Maine than in Massachusetts. 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

Delaware· 43rd of 51

$4,467

$1,000 physician + $3,467 facility

ME $27,621MA $2,925

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.