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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Iowa 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?

$8,189

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,189 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,818$2,138 to $4,677
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,162 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $9,772
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,818

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
$2,454.71
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,370.32
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 49

$8,189

$2,818 physician + $5,370 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.