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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Florida 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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$525$447 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$2,951 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,125Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $933
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $525

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
$933.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 36th of 51

$692

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.