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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Connecticut 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?

$6,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$417$324 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,890 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $15,849Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $257 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $417

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
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
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 7th of 51

$6,583

$417 physician + $6,166 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.