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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Georgia 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?

$3,247

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$324 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,288 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $245 to $617
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $363

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
$281.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$3,247

$363 physician + $2,884 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.