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Heat Ablation of a Lung Tumor Through the Skin

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,072 to $8,710.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $437 to $10,471
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$26,915.35
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 50

$3,236

IN $19,953WV $1,413

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.