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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Oregon 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?

$980

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $980 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$372 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$457 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $9,550Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $269 to $741
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $501professional $479

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$22,908.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
10 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
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$980

$479 physician + $501 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.