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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Montana 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?

$4,426

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,426 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$2,188$1,445 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$2,042 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,455Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $2,188

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Montana 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

Montana· 21st of 51

$4,426

$2,188 physician + $2,239 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.