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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

West Virginia 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?

$2,925

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$251 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,698 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,318Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $229 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $355

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$281.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$758.58

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 43rd of 51

$2,925

$355 physician + $2,570 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.