CPT code 32442: Pneumonectomy, sleeve airway resection2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $2,591.96 for 32442 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 32442 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 32442 covers

A thoracic surgeon removes an entire lung together with an involved segment of the main bronchus, then reconstructs the airway. The operation is used in selected cases of centrally located lung disease, such as a tumor involving a main bronchus, when the required airway resection goes beyond a standard pneumonectomy. It is a major operation performed in the operating room, generally by a thoracic surgical team.

Choose this code when the operative report supports both removal of the whole lung and sleeve resection with airway reconstruction. Document the disease extent, bronchial resection, and reconstruction; a routine whole-lung removal without sleeve airway work points to a different code. The 90-day global includes the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care during the global period. When multiple procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Do not report a bilateral adjustment. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Vermont compares for 32442

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 32442 runs from $2,483.36 in Wisconsin to $3,571.62 in Alaska. Vermont pays $2,591.96. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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32442 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 32442 rate is calculated

Each of 32442’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 32442

32442 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 32442

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 32442 has changed in Vermont

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Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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