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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

California rates for HCPCS 32097

Opens the chest between the ribs so the surgeon can take a sample from a nodule or mass in the lung and send it for laboratory examination. Working under direct view lets the surgeon feel the lung and reach a growth that cannot be sampled safely with a needle. The result shows whether the growth is cancer, an infection, or something harmless.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth cost?

$12,589

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,589 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,710 to $16,982.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $22,909Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,778
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $12,882professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$22,908.68
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 2nd of 49

$12,589

IN $20,417ND $776

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.