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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Hawaii 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?

$4,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$302$282 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$3,020 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,467Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $42 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$389.05
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 27th of 51

$4,104

$302 physician + $3,802 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.