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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Kentucky 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?

$9,681

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,681 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$1,738$1,660 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$1,660 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $1,738

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
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 10th of 49

$9,681

$1,738 physician + $7,943 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.