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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 July 2026.

How much does Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy cost?

$1,820

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $10,471.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $525 to $21,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$41,686.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 72.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Minnesota· 41st of 50

$1,820

IN $18,197WV $251

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.