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Chest Telescope With Biopsy Of Heart Sac

Texas 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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 10 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$550$468 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,000 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $575 to $11,482Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $933
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $550

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
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 33rd of 51

$741

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.