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Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery

Mississippi 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?

$2,476

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,585$1,230 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $891professional $1,585

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
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
6 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
$616.60
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$2,476

$1,585 physician + $891 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.