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/ GUIDANCE
Waco, TX
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest’s median price of $2.8k is 37% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 71% 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, 25 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 | Superior Healthplan medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $486.45 | $486.45 | $486.45 – $486.45 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid/chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $520.50 | $520.50 | $520.50 – $520.50 |
| 3 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,576 | $1,576 | $1,576 – $1,576 |
| 4 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,659 | $1,659 | $1,659 – $1,659 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,742 | $1,742 | $1,742 – $1,742 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,858 | $1,858 | $1,858 – $1,858 |
| 7 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,991 | $1,991 | $1,991 – $1,991 |
| 8 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - individual facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,082 | $2,082 | $2,082 – $2,082 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,209 | $2,209 | $2,209 – $2,209 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,237 | $2,237 | $2,237 – $2,237 |
| 11 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 1)/bswh employee facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,249 | $2,249 | $2,249 – $2,249 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,561 | $2,561 | $2,561 – $2,561 |
| 13 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 2) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,646 | $2,646 | $2,646 – $2,646 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,701 | $2,701 | $2,701 – $2,701 |
| 15 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,738 | $2,738 | $2,738 – $2,738 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare charter facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,082 | $3,082 | $3,082 – $3,082 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,082 | $3,082 | $3,082 – $3,082 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,136 | $3,136 | $3,136 – $3,136 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial broad facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,424 | $3,424 | $3,424 – $3,424 |
| 20 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,991 | $3,991 | $3,991 – $3,991 |
| 21 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,991 | $3,991 | $3,991 – $3,991 |
| 22 | Humana commercial ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,991 | $3,991 | $3,991 – $3,991 |
| 23 | Humana commercial hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,022 | $6,022 | $6,022 – $6,022 |
| 24 | Cigna local plus facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,837 | $6,837 | $6,837 – $6,837 |
| 25 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $8,043 | $8,043 | $8,043 – $8,043 |
Last updated: Jun 13, 2026
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