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Extra Lung Wedge Removal in Keyhole Chest Surgery

Georgia 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 October 2026.

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

$1,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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$224$195 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$692 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,413Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $148 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $224

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
$169.82
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$436.52
5 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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.50

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 21.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Georgia· 24th of 51

$1,372

$224 physician + $1,148 facility

CO $10,229MT $485

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.