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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

North Dakota 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?

$5,087

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,087 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$3,388$2,138 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,698 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $8,511Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,467
$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $3,388

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
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 38th of 49

$5,087

$3,388 physician + $1,698 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.