No office rate
Choose 32480 when one lobe is removed; 32482 is for removal of two lobes.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
32480 Lung resection Medicare reimbursement rates in Massachusetts
Reports open removal of one lung lobe, commonly for a localized lung tumor or other disease requiring an anatomic lobectomy. Compare 32480 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Massachusetts.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 32480 in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$1391.95–$1482.09
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Thoracic surgery
About 32480: Open single-lobe lung resection
Reports open removal of one lung lobe, commonly for a localized lung tumor or other disease requiring an anatomic lobectomy.
This service removes one anatomic lobe of the lung through an open surgical approach. Thoracic surgeons commonly perform it in an operating room for a localized lung cancer, another resectable lung tumor, or selected destructive benign disease. The code represents a single-lobe resection, not removal of multiple lobes or the entire lung.
Select the code based on the operative report’s documented extent and approach: one lobe removed by open surgery. Record the lobe and the resection performed; use a different code for a thoracoscopic lobectomy, segmentectomy, bilobectomy, or pneumonectomy. CMS assigns a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 32480
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU25.17 · 60%
- Practice expense (office) RVU10.53 · 25%
- Malpractice RVU6.29 · 15%
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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.
32480 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Massachusetts, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
32480 represents a full-lobe resection. Choose 32484 when the surgeon removes a segment rather than an entire lobe.
No office rate
Both describe lobectomy, but 32480 is the open approach and 32663 is the thoracoscopic approach.
No office rate
32480 removes one lobe; 32440 is used when the entire lung is removed.
Compare 32480 by payment locality
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2 of 2 payment localities
Metropolitan Boston →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1482.09
Rest Of Massachusetts →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1391.95
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32480 billing questions
How does 32480 differ from bilobectomy code 32482?
32480 is for removal of one lung lobe. Use 32482 when the operative report documents removal of two lobes.
How does 32480 differ from segmentectomy code 32484?
32480 represents removal of an entire lobe; 32484 represents resection of a lung segment rather than a full lobe.
When is thoracoscopic lobectomy code 32663 a better fit?
Use 32663 for a lobectomy performed thoracoscopically. Code 32480 represents the open approach.
What postoperative care is included in the global period?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction are paid at 50%.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeons are paid only with supporting documentation; team surgery is not permitted.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
3,71232440,,Remove lung pneumonectomy,A,,26.60,11.31,NA,11.31,,6.69,44.60,44.60,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,71332442,,Sleeve pneumonectomy,A,,55.06,15.67,NA,15.67,,13.89,84.62,84.62,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,71432445,,Removal of lung extrapleural,A,,62.24,20.72,NA,20.72,,15.69,98.65,98.65,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,71532480,,Partial removal of lung,A,,25.17,10.53,NA,10.53,,6.29,41.99,41.99,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,71632482,,Bilobectomy,A,,26.75,11.58,NA,11.58,,6.70,45.03,45.03,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,71732484,,Segmentectomy,A,,24.75,9.55,NA,9.55,,6.21,40.51,40.51,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,71832486,,Sleeve lobectomy,A,,41.81,12.79,NA,12.79,,10.55,65.15,65.15,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00