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.
Original text from hospital filings
Thoracoscopy w/bx pleura
Hamilton, OH
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Fort Hamilton Hospital’s median price of $10.8k is 74% above the median hospital's median price ($6.2k), higher than 88% 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: 7 payers, 14 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 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $6.0k | $6.0k | — | — | — | $6.0k – $6.0k |
| 2 | Molina medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 3 | Medical Mutual new buisness other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem pathway hmox exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $9.0k | $9.0k | — | — | — | $9.0k – $9.0k |
| 5 | Medical Mutual ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | — | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 6 | Caresource marketplace exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $9.3k | $9.3k | — | — | — | $9.3k – $9.3k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $9.3k | $9.3k | — | — | — | $9.3k – $9.3k |
| 8 | Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10.8k | $10.8k | — | — | — | $10.8k – $10.8k |
| 9 | Aetna new business/oh ky preferred other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $10.8k | $10.8k | — | — | — | $10.8k – $10.8k |
| 10 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $12.4k | $12.4k | — | — | — | $12.4k – $12.4k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $13.5k | $13.5k | — | — | — | $13.5k – $13.5k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare employee fee schedule · outpatient | $13.5k | $13.5k | — | — | — | $13.5k – $13.5k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem - blue access/blue preferred hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $20.8k | $20.8k | — | — | — | $20.8k – $20.8k |
| 14 | Cigna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $22.4k | $22.4k | — | — | — | $22.4k – $22.4k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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