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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Kentucky 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?

$1,399

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,399 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$234 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$316 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $245 to $8,128Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $214 to $447
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $251

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
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$1,399

$251 physician + $1,148 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.