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Open Closure Of A Leak From A Main Airway

Colorado rates for HCPCS 32815

Closes an abnormal opening between a major airway and the space around the lung, where air escapes from the airway into the chest. The chest is opened, the leaking stump or hole is sewn shut, and healthy tissue is often laid over the repair to help it seal. It usually follows lung surgery, injury, or severe infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Closure Of A Leak From A Main Airway cost?

$10,715

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,026 to $15,849.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $24,547Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $9,333
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,715professional $3,715

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$27,542.29
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,332.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Indiana than in Wyoming. 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.

Colorado· 4th of 49

$10,715

IN $20,417WY $1,288

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.