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Chest Lining Removal Using A Camera

Virginia rates for HCPCS 32656

Removes the lining from the inside of the chest wall through a few small incisions between the ribs, using a camera and long instruments. Stripping this lining makes the lung stick to the chest wall so that air or fluid cannot build up in that space again. It is commonly done for a lung that keeps collapsing or a space that keeps refilling with fluid.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest Lining Removal Using A Camera cost?

$11,383

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$813 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$4,365 to $17,783

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $23,442Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $10,471professional $912

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
$933.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$18,620.87
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 10.5 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

Virginia· 7th of 51

$11,383

$912 physician + $10,471 facility

ME $27,425MA $2,607

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.