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Thymus Removal Through Keyhole Chest Surgery

Tennessee 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?

$3,105

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,105 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$1,660$1,259 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$708 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $1,660

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$3,105

$1,660 physician + $1,445 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.