CPT code 32482: Bilobectomy, two right lung lobes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

In South Dakota, Medicare pays $1,355.45 for 32482 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 32482 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 32482 covers

A bilobectomy removes two of the right lung’s three lobes, such as the upper and middle lobes or the middle and lower lobes. A thoracic surgeon typically performs the operation in a hospital operating room when disease requires removal of both lobes; lung cancer is a common indication. The operative report should identify the lobes removed and the reason for the extent of resection.

Report this code for the two-lobe resection, rather than a single-lobe lobectomy, segmentectomy, or removal of the entire lung. The major-surgery global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and reduces the others to 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomically defined resection. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available; 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 South Dakota compares for 32482

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 32482 runs from $1,332.94 in Wisconsin to $1,875.44 in Alaska. South Dakota pays $1,355.45. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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32482 rates by state

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

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How the 32482 rate is calculated

Each of 32482’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 32482

32482 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 32482

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

How 32482 has changed in South Dakota

Price 32482 for an earlier date of service

Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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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.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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