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 NEEDLE BX LUNG/MEDIASTINUM PERQ W/IMG
San Antonio, TX
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Bexar County Hospital District’s median price of $1.7k is 17% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 31% 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: 11 payers, 29 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 | First Health managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $486.45 | $486.45 | $486.45 – $486.45 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $486.45 | $486.45 | $486.45 – $486.45 |
| 3 | First Health commercial case rate · outpatient | $494.00 | $494.00 | $494.00 – $494.00 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $501.04 | $501.04 | $501.04 – $501.04 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $510.78 | $510.78 | $486.45 – $535.10 |
| 6 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $515.64 | $515.64 | $515.64 – $515.64 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid and chip fee schedule · outpatient | $583.74 | $583.74 | $583.74 – $583.74 |
| 8 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 9 | First Health medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 10 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 11 | MultiPlan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 14 | Aetna exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,527 | $1,527 | $1,527 – $1,527 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,552 | $1,552 | $1,552 – $1,552 |
| 16 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,567 | $1,567 | $1,567 – $1,567 |
| 17 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,567 | $1,567 | $1,567 – $1,567 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,607 | $1,607 | $1,607 – $1,607 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,688 | $1,688 | $1,688 – $1,688 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,773 | $1,773 | $1,773 – $1,773 |
| 21 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,012 | $2,012 | $2,012 – $2,012 |
| 22 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,012 | $2,012 | $2,012 – $2,012 |
| 23 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,295 | $2,295 | $2,295 – $2,295 |
| 24 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,295 | $2,295 | $2,295 – $2,295 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $2,376 | $2,376 | $2,376 – $2,376 |
Last updated: Oct 14, 2025
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