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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$10,613

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$309 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$4,365 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $17,783Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $282 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $380

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$10,613

$380 physician + $10,233 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.