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
Valhalla, NY
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Westchester Medical Center’s median price of $8.0k is 29% above the median hospital's median price ($6.2k), higher than 74% 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: 8 payers, 18 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 2 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 4 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross connection/exchange facility · case rate · outpatient | $7.6k | $7.6k | — | — | — | $7.6k – $7.6k |
| 6 | Oscar oscar medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 7 | Molina affinity by molina mcr facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.9k | $7.9k | — | — | — | $7.9k – $7.9k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross access facility · case rate · outpatient | $8.1k | $8.1k | — | — | — | $8.1k – $8.1k |
| 9 | Aetna aetna hp network facility · case rate · outpatient | $8.1k | $8.1k | — | — | — | $8.1k – $8.1k |
| 10 | Aetna aetna facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.0k | $9.0k | — | — | — | $9.0k – $9.0k |
| 11 | Aetna aetna employee facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.0k | $9.0k | — | — | — | $9.0k – $9.0k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross small group facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | — | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross commercial/healthy ny facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.1k | $10.1k | — | — | — | $10.1k – $10.1k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc compass facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc exchange facility · case rate · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $12.4k | $12.4k | — | — | — | $12.4k – $12.4k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare uhc empire facility · case rate · outpatient | $12.4k | $12.4k | — | — | — | $12.4k – $12.4k |
| 18 | WellCare wellcare exchange (mcr) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.9k | $13.9k | — | — | — | $13.9k – $13.9k |
Last updated: Jul 28, 2026
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