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Keyhole Removal Of An Entire Lung

Virginia 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?

$5,278

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,042$1,905 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,089 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $3,467
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $2,042

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
$1,995.26
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 37th of 49

$5,278

$2,042 physician + $3,236 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.