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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

Idaho 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?

$2,884

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $4,467.

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 $2,884 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 25th of 49

$2,884

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.