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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Minnesota 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?

$10,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$3,981$3,020 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$4,467 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,183Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $6,607
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $3,981

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
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 6th of 49

$10,291

$3,981 physician + $6,310 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.