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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Louisiana 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 5 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$724$550 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,318 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,913Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $457 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $724

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
$741.31
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$1,096

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.