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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Oregon 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?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $933 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 8 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$912$741 to $1,148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$933$794 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $646 to $13,183Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,445
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $933professional $912

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
$1,148.15
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$40,738.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$32,359.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 19th of 51

$912

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.