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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

Nevada 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?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $9,333.

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 $4,365 · 10th to 90th $851 to $10,965Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $11 to $1,288
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $912

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 23rd of 49

$3,311

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.