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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

Connecticut 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?

$7,943

Typical facility fee. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,943 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,898 to $10,471.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $4,169 to $17,378
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,943

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
$1,479.11
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 9th of 49

$7,943

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.