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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Illinois 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?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$676$562 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$2,818 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $14,454Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,072
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $676

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$794

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.