search again

Extra Lung Wedge Removal in Keyhole Chest Surgery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 32667

Removal of an additional wedge-shaped piece of lung during keyhole chest surgery, when more than one area on the same side needs to be taken out. The work is done through small cuts between the ribs using a camera and long instruments instead of opening the chest. It is billed in addition to the main chest operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extra Lung Wedge Removal in Keyhole Chest Surgery cost?

$5,472

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,472 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$166 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,778 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $234 to $15,136Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $138 to $589
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $5,248professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$18,197.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 72.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WI $12,377MD $171

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.