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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

Maine 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.

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