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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Connecticut 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?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 5 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$813$525 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,898 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $15,136Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $813

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 9th of 51

$1,122

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.