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 BILATERAL
Park Ridge, IL
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s median price of $3.0k is 47% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 75% 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 | $2,331 | $2,332 | $2,331 – $2,336 |
| 2 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,449 | $2,449 | $2,449 – $2,449 |
| 3 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,449 | $2,449 | $2,449 – $2,449 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,462 | $2,464 | $2,462 – $2,468 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,510 | $2,512 | $2,510 – $2,516 |
| 6 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,533 | $2,533 | $2,533 – $2,533 |
| 7 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,551 | $2,551 | $2,246 – $2,858 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,939 | $2,938 | $2,821 – $3,057 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,210 | $3,212 | $3,210 – $3,217 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,456 | $3,459 | $3,456 – $3,464 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,456 | $3,459 | $3,456 – $3,464 |
| 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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