# CPT 32601: Thoracoscopy, diagnostic, lungs

Medicare CPT 32601 pays $288.25 in a non-facility setting and $288.25 in a facility setting under the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, before geographic adjustment. After geographic adjustment, state amounts run from $255.22 in Wisconsin to $362.37 in Alaska, a 42% spread.

Web page: https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/32601-cpt-fee-schedule
Section: Surgery and Procedures

## Medicare rates

| | Amount |
| --- | --- |
| National non-facility | $288.25 |
| National facility | $288.25 |
| Conversion factor | 33.4009 |
| Release | 2026 Q4 (effective 2026-10-01) |

## By state

| State | Non-facility | Facility |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alaska | $362.37 | $362.37 |
| Florida | $329.89 | $329.89 |
| Illinois | $326.53 | $326.53 |
| New York | $320.04 | $320.04 |
| District of Columbia | $314.51 | $314.51 |
| New Jersey | $309.33 | $309.33 |
| Connecticut | $306.06 | $306.06 |
| Michigan | $302.09 | $302.09 |
| West Virginia | $298.53 | $298.53 |
| Maryland | $296.75 | $296.75 |
| Massachusetts | $294.59 | $294.59 |
| Georgia | $294.11 | $294.11 |
| Washington | $293.82 | $293.82 |
| New Mexico | $291.61 | $291.61 |
| Pennsylvania | $291.54 | $291.54 |
| Rhode Island | $289.09 | $289.09 |
| Puerto Rico | $288.31 | $288.31 |
| Virgin Islands | $288.31 | $288.31 |
| Montana | $288.16 | $288.16 |
| California | $286.64 | $286.64 |
| New Hampshire | $285.46 | $285.46 |
| Texas | $285.11 | $285.11 |
| Colorado | $285.01 | $285.01 |
| Louisiana | $284.61 | $284.61 |
| Delaware | $283.94 | $283.94 |
| Ohio | $282.90 | $282.90 |
| Missouri | $282.17 | $282.17 |
| Oregon | $281.09 | $281.09 |
| Nevada | $281.01 | $281.01 |
| Arizona | $279.92 | $279.92 |
| Utah | $279.86 | $279.86 |
| Hawaii | $278.80 | $278.80 |
| Kentucky | $277.26 | $277.26 |
| Wyoming | $276.87 | $276.87 |
| South Carolina | $276.71 | $276.71 |
| Virginia | $274.27 | $274.27 |
| Oklahoma | $271.49 | $271.49 |
| Maine | $268.99 | $268.99 |
| North Carolina | $268.07 | $268.07 |
| Mississippi | $267.73 | $267.73 |
| Vermont | $265.98 | $265.98 |
| North Dakota | $262.26 | $262.26 |
| Tennessee | $262.03 | $262.03 |
| Alabama | $261.08 | $261.08 |
| Indiana | $260.98 | $260.98 |
| Kansas | $260.26 | $260.26 |
| Idaho | $259.95 | $259.95 |
| Minnesota | $259.34 | $259.34 |
| South Dakota | $259.20 | $259.20 |
| Arkansas | $257.80 | $257.80 |
| Iowa | $256.30 | $256.30 |
| Nebraska | $255.99 | $255.99 |
| Wisconsin | $255.22 | $255.22 |

## Related codes

- 30000: Drainage of abscess, nasal, internal approach — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30000-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30117: Excision or destruction of intranasal lesion, internal approach — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30117-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30130: Excision, inferior turbinate, partial or complete — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30130-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30140: Submucous resection, inferior turbinate, partial or complete — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30140-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30300: Removal of foreign body, intranasal, office-type instrument — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30300-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30400: Rhinoplasty, primary, simple — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30400-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30420: Rhinoplasty, primary, including major septal repair — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30420-cpt-fee-schedule
- 30520: Septoplasty/submucous resection — https://www.med-reveal.com/rates/30520-cpt-fee-schedule

Commercial negotiated rates for 32601 by payer and state: https://www.med-reveal.com/solutions/rate-benchmarking

## Sources

- CMS Medicare fee schedules (2026 Q4): https://www.cms.gov/medicare/payment/fee-schedules