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Removal of a Lung Lobe Through Small Incisions

Nebraska 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?

$5,974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$2,884$2,291 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,169
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,884

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
$1,230.27
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$12,022.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$5,974

$2,884 physician + $3,090 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.