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Open Chest Surgery To Biopsy A Lung Growth

West Virginia 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?

$794

Typical facility fee. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $1,047.

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 $794 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,413
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794

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
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 48th of 49

$794

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.