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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Nebraska 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?

$11,602

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,602 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$3,090$1,585 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$6,761 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $16,218Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,913
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $3,090

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$32,359.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 49

$11,602

$3,090 physician + $8,511 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.