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Sealing The Chest Space Through A Scope

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 32650

Uses a camera and instruments passed through small incisions between the ribs to deliberately irritate the lining of the chest, so the lung sticks to the chest wall as it heals. Closing off the space prevents fluid or air from collecting there again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sealing The Chest Space Through A Scope cost?

$7,310

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,310 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$759 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,630 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $977 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,000

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$22,908.68

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wisconsin than in South Dakota. 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

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WI $14,542SD $2,601

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.