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
CORE NEEDLE BX LUNG/MEDISTNM PERC
Barrington, IL
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Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s median price of $2.4k is 22% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 63% 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: 8 payers, 13 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 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,007 | $1,867 | $1,586 – $2,007 |
| 2 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,934 | $1,938 | $1,529 – $2,232 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,277 | $2,118 | $1,799 – $2,277 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,321 | $2,159 | $1,835 – $2,321 |
| 5 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,449 | $2,449 | $2,449 – $2,449 |
| 6 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,449 | $2,449 | $2,449 – $2,449 |
| 7 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,533 | $2,533 | $2,533 – $2,533 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,645 | $2,560 | $2,090 – $2,861 |
| 9 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,976 | $2,768 | $2,352 – $2,976 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,976 | $2,768 | $2,352 – $2,976 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,009 | $2,799 | $2,378 – $3,009 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,622 | $4,029 | $3,126 – $5,340 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,181 | $6,181 | $6,181 – $6,181 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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