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Camera Biopsy Of A Lung Lump, One Side

Montana rates for HCPCS 32608

A camera is passed through a small cut between the ribs and a piece of a lung nodule or mass is cut out and sent for laboratory examination. Working through small incisions avoids opening the chest fully, so recovery is quicker. One side of the chest is treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Camera Biopsy Of A Lung Lump, One Side cost?

$1,205

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$389 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$603 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,079Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $79 to $676
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $617professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,205

$589 physician + $617 facility

WY $11,778MT $1,205

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.