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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Oklahoma 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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 4 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$525 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,202 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,233Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$1,288

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.