Needle core biopsy of lung or mediastinum

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HB Core Needle Bx Lung/Mediastinum Perq W/Img

Payers reporting CPT 32408

70 payers file a negotiated rate for this code. Each is shown once, under the terms the most hospitals file it under; rates under different terms (billing class, payment method, setting) are never blended, so open a payer to see them all. Figures are hospital-level averages; the median is across hospitals.

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	623	$1,690	$2,223	$1.00 – $47,613
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms	563	$1,794	$2,277	$1.05 – $21,319
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	417	$2,114	$2,812	$1.00 – $16,442
4	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	397	$1,628	$1,633	$1.00 – $6,910
5	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +34 other terms	326	$7,485	$9,779	$0.62 – $40,673
6	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	251	$1,330	$1,217	$1.00 – $7,736
7	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	193	$1,731	$1,598	$136.27 – $4,455
8	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	145	$1,579	$1,409	$37.29 – $12,086
9	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	109	$2,059	$2,296	$12.00 – $11,794
10	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	99	$2,784	$2,342	$192.64 – $5,383
11	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	91	$1,678	$1,733	$785.07 – $5,076
12	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	90	$2,953	$2,934	$167.18 – $7,973
13	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	86	$614.10	$709.29	$140.34 – $5,696
14	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	73	$1,660	$2,004	$113.80 – $6,333
15	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	72	$1,869	$1,940	$127.49 – $7,336
16	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	66	$1,676	$2,522	$1.05 – $4,455
17	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +22 other terms	64	$3,569	$4,429	$2,533 – $7,276
18	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	61	$2,449	$2,779	$154.32 – $7,246
19	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	53	$189.55	$913.06	$121.42 – $9,870
20	Medicare other · both · +22 other terms	47	$1,747	$1,871	$1,484 – $3,367
21	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	45	$1,677	$2,470	$136.27 – $8,783
22	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	42	$1,596	$1,187	$136.27 – $1,761
23	Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms	39	$5,841	$6,622	$2,069 – $14,612
24	Medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	39	$1,045	$1,205	$120.78 – $2,424
25	Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms	38	$948.00	$973.66	$929.00 – $2,434

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