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Chest Camera Procedure With Tissue Biopsy

Wyoming 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?

$6,715

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$550$457 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$6,166 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $7,586Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $427 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 6th of 51

$6,715

$550 physician + $6,166 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.