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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32671

Removal of a whole lung using a camera and long instruments passed through small cuts between the ribs, instead of opening the chest widely. It is done most often for a cancer that involves the lung too extensively for a smaller resection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung cost?

$9,698

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,698 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,310 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$6,310$3,890 to $8,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,188 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $11,749Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $11,482
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $6,310

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,022.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.4 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 9th of 49

$9,698

$6,310 physician + $3,388 facility

IN $22,367MD $2,656

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.