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 BIOPSY LUNG/MEDIASTINUM W IMAGING
Lincolnton, NC
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc’s median price of $2.0k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 49% 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: 13 payers, 52 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $119.51 | $119.51 | $119.51 – $119.51 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $119.51 | $119.51 | $119.51 – $119.51 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $119.51 | $119.51 | $119.51 – $119.51 |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $138.97 | $138.97 | $138.97 – $138.97 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $141.75 | $141.75 | $141.75 – $141.75 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $143.83 | $143.83 | $143.83 – $143.83 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $144.23 | $144.23 | $144.23 – $144.23 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $560.80 | $560.80 | $560.80 – $560.80 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $571.24 | $571.24 | $571.24 – $571.24 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $826.78 | $826.78 | $826.78 – $826.78 |
| 11 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,317 | $1,317 | $1,317 – $1,317 |
| 12 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,425 | $1,425 | $1,425 – $1,425 |
| 13 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,502 | $1,502 | $1,502 – $1,502 |
| 14 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,506 | $1,506 | $1,506 – $1,506 |
| 15 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,550 | $1,550 | $1,550 – $1,550 |
| 16 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,573 | $1,573 | $1,573 – $1,573 |
| 17 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,596 | $1,596 | $1,596 – $1,596 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,601 | $1,601 | $1,601 – $1,601 |
| 19 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,626 | $1,626 | $1,626 – $1,626 |
| 20 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,665 | $1,665 | $1,665 – $1,665 |
| 21 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,849 | $1,849 | $1,849 – $1,849 |
| 22 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,849 | $1,849 | $1,849 – $1,849 |
| 23 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,876 | $1,876 | $1,876 – $1,876 |
| 24 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,922 | $1,922 | $1,922 – $1,922 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,999 | $1,999 | $1,999 – $1,999 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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