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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32609

Passes a camera through a small incision between the ribs to look inside the chest and take a tissue sample for testing. The lung on that side is partly deflated during the procedure so the surgeon can see. A drainage tube is often left in place afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy cost?

$8,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,023$562 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$4,677 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $19,498Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,514
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $1,023

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,918.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.0 times more in Colorado 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$8,609

$1,023 physician + $7,586 facility

CO $10,613MT $815

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.