go back

Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery

Nebraska 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?

$5,661

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$2,570$2,138 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $13,804Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,548
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,570

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
$1,071.52
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$5,661

$2,570 physician + $3,090 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.