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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Missouri 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?

$4,032

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,032 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$282 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,042 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $245 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $316

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
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
$114.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 28th of 51

$4,032

$316 physician + $3,715 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.