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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Idaho 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?

$4,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$355 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,291 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $617 to $14,791Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $288 to $617
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $457

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
18 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
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 25th of 51

$4,172

$457 physician + $3,715 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.