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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

Utah 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?

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $3,388.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $955 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,175

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
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 44th of 49

$1,288

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.