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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Iowa 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?

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 8 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$832$513 to $1,202
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $851 to $15,488Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $832

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$26,915.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$1,047

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.