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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Maine 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?

$2,867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$355$295 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$2,344 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,754Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
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
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where Maine 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

Maine· 44th of 51

$2,867

$355 physician + $2,512 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.