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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 October 2026.

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

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$417 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,698 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $13,490Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $933
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,023.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 9th of 51

$1,023

AK $1,905NY $490

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.