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Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32673

Removal of the thymus, a gland that sits behind the breastbone, through small cuts between the ribs using a camera and long instruments. The gland can be approached from one side of the chest or from both. Avoiding a large chest opening usually means less pain and a quicker recovery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery cost?

$10,521

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$4,898$2,042 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,244
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,623professional $4,898

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$10,521

$4,898 physician + $5,623 facility

CO $11,778MD $1,881

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.