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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

Iowa 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?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $6,761.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $1,778

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
$1,122.02
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 26th of 49

$2,818

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.