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Keyhole Removal Of Air Blisters On The Lung

Tennessee 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?

$3,830

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,830 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,000 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,000 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $513 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,943
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,512professional $1,318

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 47th of 51

$3,830

$1,318 physician + $2,512 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.