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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Colorado rates for HCPCS 32604

A thin telescope with a camera is passed through a small incision between the ribs so the surgeon can look inside the chest, and a piece of the sac surrounding the heart is taken for testing. The sample is examined in a laboratory to find the cause of fluid build-up, inflammation, or suspected cancer. It avoids the larger incision needed for open chest surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$550 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$5,623 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $23,988Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $562

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$27,542.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$977.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 12.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$3,311

CA $5,623DE $468

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.