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
Denver, CO
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Spalding At Psl’s median price of $16.5k is 66% above the median hospital's median price ($9.9k), higher than 95% 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: 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 | UnitedHealthcare coloradodoctorsplan case rate · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $11.9k | $11.9k | — | — | — | $11.9k – $11.9k |
| 3 | MultiPlan beechstreetworkerscomp fee schedule · outpatient | $16.5k | $16.5k | — | — | — | $16.5k – $16.5k |
| 4 | MultiPlan workerscomp fee schedule · outpatient | $16.5k | $16.5k | — | — | — | $16.5k – $16.5k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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