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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Connecticut 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?

$10,009

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,009 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,090$1,950 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,365 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $3,090

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
$3,311.31
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 8th of 49

$10,009

$3,090 physician + $6,918 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.