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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

New Jersey 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?

$5,505

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,505 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$257$234 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,388 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $10,471Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $219 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $257

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
$257.04
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
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
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 12th of 51

$5,505

$257 physician + $5,248 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.