CPT 32505

Chest surgery to remove a lung wedge

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Thoracotomy W/Therapeutic Wedge Resexn Initial|LEFT SIDE

Payer pricing summary

Low

$231

Average

$1.2k

Median

$859

High

$7.3k

Payer rate distribution

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All methodologies Case rate 45 Fee schedule 50 Per diem 5 Percent of billed charges 41 Other 18

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	210	$2.9k	$4.3k	$6.0k	142%	—	$155 – $36.8k
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	182	$8.7k	$11.6k	$8.6k	74%	—	$0 – $53.6k
3	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	150	$1.8k	$5.0k	$5.8k	116%	—	$79 – $33.6k
4	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	105	$2.9k	$4.3k	$4.1k	95%	—	$0 – $20.7k
5	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	87	$1.1k	$2.6k	$3.6k	134%	—	$771 – $28.5k
6	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	82	$877	$2.2k	$1.9k	88%	—	$796 – $8.3k
7	Molina professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	47	$411	$440	$302	69%	—	$36 – $1.2k
8	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	37	$877	$902	$186	21%	—	$771 – $1.9k
9	WellCare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	32	$390	$489	$339	69%	—	$1 – $1.0k
10	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	31	$1.5k	$1.5k	$639	41%	—	$756 – $4.0k
11	Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	29	$411	$415	$368	89%	—	$62 – $2.3k
12	Optum professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	22	$405	$353	$230	65%	—	$62 – $960
13	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	21	$895	$887	$9	1%	—	$870 – $895
14	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	18	$877	$862	$21	2%	—	$800 – $895
15	First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +4 other terms	16	$1.0k	$555	$573	103%	—	$43 – $1.6k
16	MultiPlan professional · fee schedule · both · +3 other terms	16	$1.3k	$1.0k	$887	86%	—	$96 – $2.6k
17	Tricare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	16	$265	$422	$326	77%	—	$65 – $911
18	Amerihealth Caritas professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	15	$256	$407	$322	79%	—	$36 – $954
19	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	15	$1.7k	$1.4k	$478	34%	—	$459 – $2.3k
20	Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +6 other terms	14	$730	$770	$234	30%	—	$180 – $1.2k
21	Caresource professional · fee schedule · both · +5 other terms	14	$550	$389	$364	93%	—	$43 – $1.1k
22	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	13	$651	$1.1k	$1.3k	119%	—	$1 – $4.4k
23	Ucare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	13	$280	$250	$177	71%	—	$36 – $711
24	Wellmark fee schedule · both · +3 other terms	13	$1.6k	$1.6k	$445	29%	—	$824 – $2.0k
25	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	12	$1.6k	$2.4k	$3.4k	141%	—	$0 – $13.4k

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