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 NDL BX LNG/MED PERQ
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $2.4k is 21% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 62% 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: 10 payers, 43 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $521.99 | $521.99 | $521.99 – $521.99 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip case rate · outpatient | $521.99 | $521.99 | $521.99 – $521.99 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids case rate · outpatient | $521.99 | $521.99 | $521.99 – $521.99 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans case rate · outpatient | $537.34 | $537.34 | $537.34 – $537.34 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star case rate · outpatient | $701.10 | $701.10 | $701.10 – $701.10 |
| 6 | Aetna commercial|kelseycare case rate · outpatient | $896.00 | $896.00 | $896.00 – $896.00 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,079 | $1,079 | $1,079 – $1,079 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,182 | $1,182 | $1,182 – $1,182 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,294 | $1,294 | $1,294 – $1,294 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus case rate · outpatient | $1,597 | $1,597 | $1,597 – $1,597 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 14 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 15 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 16 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,639 | $1,639 | $1,639 – $1,639 |
| 17 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,655 | $1,655 | $1,655 – $1,655 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,655 | $1,655 | $1,655 – $1,655 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,984 | $1,984 | $1,984 – $1,984 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|premier case rate · outpatient | $2,350 | $2,350 | $2,350 – $2,350 |
| 21 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $2,434 | $2,434 | $2,434 – $2,434 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,499 | $2,499 | $2,499 – $2,499 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter case rate · outpatient | $2,669 | $2,669 | $2,669 – $2,669 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,870 | $2,870 | $2,870 – $2,870 |
| 25 | Optum medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,870 | $2,870 | $2,870 – $2,870 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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