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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Florida 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?

$3,283

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,283 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$263$224 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,698 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,490Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $186 to $501
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,020professional $263

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
$645.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
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
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51

Where Florida 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

Florida· 37th of 51

$3,283

$263 physician + $3,020 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.