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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Massachusetts 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 7 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$589$501 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,089 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,244Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $589

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$21,877.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$813

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.