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
HC CORE NDL BIOPSY, LUNG/MEDIAST, PERC, W/IMG GUID
Crowley, LA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32408 →Price type
Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.5k is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 16% of the 2,235 hospitals reporting CPT 32408. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 11 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.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $553.00 | $795.01 | $359.35 – $1,473 |
| 4 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $916.01 | $916.01 | $359.35 – $1,473 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $985.34 | $985.34 | $498.00 – $1,473 |
| 6 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,473 | $1,473 | $1,473 – $1,473 |
| 7 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,473 | $1,473 | $1,473 – $1,473 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,473 | $1,473 | $1,473 – $1,473 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,546 | $1,546 | $1,546 – $1,546 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,677 | $2,616 | $2,492 – $2,677 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,853 | $2,853 | $2,853 – $2,853 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
See Needle core biopsy of lung or mediastinum pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.