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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Iowa 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?

$5,774

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,774 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$3,020$2,089 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,514 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,266
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $3,020

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
$1,995.26
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 51

$5,774

$3,020 physician + $2,754 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.