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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Kansas 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$575 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,549 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,244Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $692

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
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
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 5th of 51

$1,288

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.