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.
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OPEN BIOPSY/EXCISION INGUINOFEMORAL NODES
Monroe, LA
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Brfhh Monroe, Llc’s median price of $3.5k is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($4.0k), higher than 29% of the 1,954 hospitals reporting CPT 38531. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 11 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 Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | 1–10 | $481 – $481 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | — | $481 – $481 |
| 3 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 4 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | $1.5k | 76% | — | $481 – $3.5k |
| 6 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | $978 | 39% | — | $1.5k – $3.5k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.0k | $2.6k | $1.1k | 43% | — | $481 – $3.5k |
| 8 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 10 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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