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
Salem, OR
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Salem Hospital’s median price of $10.5k is 69% above the median hospital's median price ($6.2k), higher than 87% 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: 2 payers, 4 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 | Kaiser medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | — | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7.4k | $7.4k | — | — | — | $7.4k – $7.4k |
| 3 | Kaiser oebb other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $13.4k | $13.4k | — | — | — | $13.4k – $13.4k |
| 4 | Kaiser all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $21.6k | $21.6k | — | — | — | $21.6k – $21.6k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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