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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

North Dakota 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?

$3,308

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$490$417 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$251 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $251 to $4,677Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $269 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 36th of 51

$3,308

$490 physician + $2,818 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.