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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Connecticut 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 October 2026.

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

$6,767

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,767 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,089$1,698 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,259 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $759 to $18,621Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $2,089

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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$27,542.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,890.45
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
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$6,767

$2,089 physician + $4,677 facility

ME $28,253WA $2,096

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.