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
PR CORE NEEDLE BX LUNG/MEDIASTINUM PERQ W/IMG
Berlin, VT
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Central Vermont Medical Center Inc’s median price of $1.2k is 42% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 11% 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: 5 payers, 8 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 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $709.84 | $709.84 | $652.29 – $767.39 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $736.06 | $736.06 | $676.38 – $795.74 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $791.79 | $791.79 | $791.79 – $791.79 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt indemnity professional · fee schedule · both | $1,094 | $1,094 | $1,094 – $1,094 |
| 5 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $1,094 | $1,094 | $1,094 – $1,094 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $1,333 | $1,333 | $1,225 – $1,442 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $2,014 | $2,014 | $2,014 – $2,014 |
| 8 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $2,236 | $2,236 | $2,236 – $2,236 |
Last updated: Oct 1, 2026
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