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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Illinois 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?

$5,401

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$389$309 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$2,818 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $9,120Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $275 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,012professional $389

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
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
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$5,401

$389 physician + $5,012 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.