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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Nevada 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?

$3,749

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$251 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$2,291 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,761Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $224 to $437
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $282

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
$288.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58
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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.84

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$3,749

$282 physician + $3,467 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.