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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Minnesota 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?

$1,449

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,449 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$537$427 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$437 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $257 to $11,482Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $912professional $537

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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 48th of 51

$1,449

$537 physician + $912 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.