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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

South Carolina 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $9,772 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$562$468 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,772$3,090 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $562 to $21,878Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,023
$100$1K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $562

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
$562.34
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$32,359.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$589

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.