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Chest Exploration of the Space Between the Lungs

Ohio 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 July 2026.

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

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,236 to $12,589.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $19,953
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,913

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
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,703.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 29.5 times more in Maine than in North 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.

Ohio· 7th of 50

$8,913

ME $22,387ND $759

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.