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.
Original text from hospital filings
PR THORACTOMY W/DX BX LUNG NODULE/MASS UNILATERAL
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.5k is 51% below the median hospital's median price ($3.0k), higher than 31% of the 1,291 hospitals reporting CPT 32097. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $697 | $697 | — | — | — | $697 – $697 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $711 | $711 | — | — | — | $711 – $711 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $711 | $711 | — | — | — | $711 – $711 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $732 | $732 | — | — | — | $732 – $732 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $732 | $732 | — | — | — | $732 – $732 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 8 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 9 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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