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Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery

Kentucky 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,175$1,122 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$603 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $380 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,042
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$2,350

$1,175 physician + $1,175 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.