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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Missouri 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?

$4,687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,549 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,230 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $525 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,995

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$4,687

$1,995 physician + $2,692 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.