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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Minnesota 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?

$5,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$2,951$2,344 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,380 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,370
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $2,951

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,248.07
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$5,350

$2,951 physician + $2,399 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.