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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

South 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?

$6,120

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,120 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,236$1,862 to $3,802
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,995 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,677Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $4,677
$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $3,236

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where South 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

South Dakota· 26th of 49

$6,120

$3,236 physician + $2,884 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.