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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Louisiana 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?

$4,934

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,934 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$363$288 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,630 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $11,482Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $245 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $363

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
$524.81
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$398.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
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
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$4,934

$363 physician + $4,571 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.