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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Delaware 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?

$2,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$251 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,862 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,754Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $245 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $302

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
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$16,218.10
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$2,932

$302 physician + $2,630 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.