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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Mississippi 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?

$2,987

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,987 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$275 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,514 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,128Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $240 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $417

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
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$676.08
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
$131.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 41st of 51

$2,987

$417 physician + $2,570 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.