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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy cost?

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $7,413.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $550 to $13,490Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $245 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 72.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Iowa· 24th of 50

$4,169

IN $18,197WV $251

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.