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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

South 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?

$3,368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$347 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,074Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $275 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $550

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$691.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where South 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

South Dakota· 33rd of 51

$3,368

$550 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.