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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Nevada 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$537$513 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$2,399 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,233Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $537

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
$512.86
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 37th of 51

$692

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.