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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Minnesota 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?

$1,023

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$1,000$813 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$776 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $479 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,862
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,585professional $1,000

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$1,023

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.