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, diagnostic (separate procedure); pericardial sac, with biopsy
CONROE, TX
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Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe’s median price of $4.7k is 53% below the median hospital's median price ($9.9k), higher than 27% of the 1,509 hospitals reporting CPT 32604. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 33 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 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $948 | $948 | — | — | — | $948 – $948 |
| 6 | Aetna qhpexchange case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 7 | Aetna nbhmo case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 8 | Aetna nbpos case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 9 | Aetna commhmo case rate · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 10 | Aetna commpos case rate · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 11 | Aetna nbppo case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 12 | Aetna commppo case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 13 | Aetna oonhmo case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 14 | Aetna oonpos case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 15 | Aetna asahmo case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 16 | Aetna asapos case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 17 | Aetna oonppo case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 18 | Aetna asappo case rate · outpatient | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | — | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 19 | Humana hmo case rate · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 20 | Humana ppo case rate · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 21 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $6.9k | $6.9k | — | — | — | $6.9k – $6.9k |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | — | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $8.4k | $8.4k | — | — | — | $8.4k – $8.4k |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bav fee schedule · outpatient | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | — | $9.5k – $9.5k |
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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