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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

South 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?

$6,876

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$2,089$1,738 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,089 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $22,909Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,548
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $2,089

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
$2,089.30
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where South 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

South Carolina· 22nd of 49

$6,876

$2,089 physician + $4,786 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.