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Open Closure Of A Leak From A Main Airway

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

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

$4,128

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,467$2,455 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$562 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $8,318
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $3,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$4,128

$3,467 physician + $661 facility

AK $23,243TX $2,804

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.