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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

New Hampshire 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?

$5,596

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$468$372 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,754 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $11,220Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $269 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $468

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 10th of 51

$5,596

$468 physician + $5,129 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.