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Lung Biopsy with Imaging Guidance

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 32408

This procedure removes a small sample of tissue from the lung or the space between the lungs using a needle guided by imaging, such as CT, to reach and sample an abnormal area without open surgery. It is used to diagnose the cause of an abnormality found on imaging, such as a suspicious nodule or mass.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lung Biopsy with Imaging Guidance cost?

$3,890

Typical total for the visit. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$178 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,380 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Hawaii· 3rd of 51

$3,890

$1,072 physician + $2,818 facility

CO $5,124MD $1,065

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.