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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

North Carolina 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?

$5,384

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$2,630$1,905 to $4,074
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,738 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $2,630

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
$1,659.59
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 35th of 49

$5,384

$2,630 physician + $2,754 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.