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Heat Ablation of a Lung Tumor Through the Skin

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 32998

A needle-like probe is passed through the chest wall into a lung tumor under imaging guidance, and radiofrequency energy heats the tissue until the tumor is destroyed. One side of the chest is treated in a session, and the treatment can extend into tumor that has grown into the lining of the lung or the chest wall. It is an option when surgical removal is not suitable.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Heat Ablation of a Lung Tumor Through the Skin cost?

$5,721

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,721 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$490 to $5,129
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,950 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $9,333Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,918
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $2,630

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
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin 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· 36th of 51

$5,721

$2,630 physician + $3,090 facility

WI $12,835MD $4,070

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.