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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Perc Needle Bx- Lung/Medi
Philadelphia, PA
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The’s median price of $2.9k is 44% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 74% 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: 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 plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,568 | $1,568 | $1,568 – $1,568 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,102 | $2,102 | $2,102 – $2,102 |
| 3 | Highmark all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,302 | $2,302 | $1,626 – $2,978 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,386 | $2,386 | $2,386 – $2,386 |
| 5 | Aetna all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,978 | $2,978 | $2,978 – $2,978 |
| 6 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,978 | $2,978 | $2,978 – $2,978 |
| 7 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,978 | $2,978 | $2,978 – $2,978 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,276 | $3,276 | $3,276 – $3,276 |
| 9 | First Health ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,871 | $3,871 | $3,871 – $3,871 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types case rate · outpatient | $4,472 | $4,472 | $4,472 – $4,472 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,765 | $4,765 | $4,765 – $4,765 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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