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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Michigan 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?

$4,328

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,328 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$347$324 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,455 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,079Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $282 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $347

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
$331.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
10 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
$151.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$4,328

$347 physician + $3,981 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.