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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Missouri 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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 6 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$479 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $8,511Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $457 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$977.24

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 3rd of 51

$2,089

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.