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Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery

Michigan 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?

$6,193

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$1,622$1,288 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,122 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,622

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
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
12 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
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 8th of 51

$6,193

$1,622 physician + $4,571 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.