Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Thoracoscopy w/bx pleura
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $6.3k is 2% above the median hospital's median price ($6.2k), higher than 52% of the 1,674 hospitals reporting CPT 32609. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 10 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | $1.1k | 88% | — | $141 – $2.3k |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | $1.1k | 88% | — | $141 – $2.3k |
| 3 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | $1.3k | 84% | — | $255 – $2.9k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | $4.3k | 91% | — | $415 – $8.9k |
| 6 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 7 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.5k | $7.5k | $2.6k | 35% | — | $5k – $11.1k |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.4k | $8.4k | $1.2k | 15% | — | $7.2k – $9.7k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.6k | $10.6k | — | — | — | $10.6k – $10.6k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.1k | $12.1k | — | — | — | $12.1k – $12.1k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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