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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 32663

Removes an entire lobe — one of the main sections of a lung — using a camera and long instruments passed through a few small cuts between the ribs, instead of opening the chest widely. It is most often done for a cancer or other growth confined to one lobe. Recovery is usually quicker than after a large chest incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions cost?

$8,960

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,514 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,754 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $19,498Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,571
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $6,918professional $2,042

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
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 4.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WI $15,334DC $3,583

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.