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Chest Exploration of the Space Between the Lungs

Iowa rates for HCPCS 39010

Opens the mediastinum, the space in the middle of the chest between the lungs, through the chest wall or by splitting the breastbone, in order to look inside, drain fluid or infection, take a tissue sample, or remove a foreign object. It gives direct access to structures a narrow scope cannot reach. What is found determines what is done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest Exploration of the Space Between the Lungs cost?

$3,600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,738$1,202 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,202 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,738

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
$691.83
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 18.9 times more in Maine than in Arkansas. 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$3,600

$1,738 physician + $1,862 facility

ME $27,399AR $1,446

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.