Needle core biopsy of lung or mediastinum at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas

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CORE NDL BX LNG/MED PERQ Tech

Overland Park, KS

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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas’s median price of $1.1k is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 10% of the 2,235 hospitals reporting CPT 32408. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32408 at Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 53 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	Cigna all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient	$343.82	$343.82	$343.82 – $343.82
2	Cigna all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$343.82	$343.82	$343.82 – $343.82
3	Cigna cmh employee plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient	$343.82	$343.82	$343.82 – $343.82
4	Cigna cmh employee plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$343.82	$343.82	$343.82 – $343.82
5	UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient	$513.89	$513.89	$513.89 – $513.89
6	UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$513.89	$513.89	$513.89 – $513.89
7	Medica select by medica professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$588.83	$588.83	$588.83 – $588.83
8	Medica select by medica professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$588.83	$588.83	$588.83 – $588.83
9	Bcbs Ks all commercial plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$724.06	$724.06	$724.06 – $724.06
10	UnitedHealthcare all mo medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient	$740.49	$740.49	$740.49 – $740.49
11	UnitedHealthcare all mo medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$740.49	$740.49	$740.49 – $740.49
12	Cigna cmh employee plans facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$847.68	$847.68	$847.68 – $847.68
13	Cigna cmh employee plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$847.68	$847.68	$847.68 – $847.68
14	Bcbs Ks aca marketplace/exchange plans facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$921.85	$921.85	$921.85 – $921.85
15	Bcbs Ks aca marketplace/exchange plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$921.85	$921.85	$921.85 – $921.85
16	Bcbs Ks blue high performance network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,023	$1,023	$1,023 – $1,023
17	Bcbs Ks blue high performance network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,023	$1,023	$1,023 – $1,023
18	Medica select by medica facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,030	$1,030	$1,030 – $1,030
19	Medica select by medica facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,030	$1,030	$1,030 – $1,030
20	UnitedHealthcare core essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,054	$1,054	$1,054 – $1,054
21	UnitedHealthcare core essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,054	$1,054	$1,054 – $1,054
22	UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1,056	$1,056	$1,056 – $1,056
23	Aetna aca marketplace/exchange plans facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,060	$1,060	$1,060 – $1,060
24	Aetna aca marketplace/exchange plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,060	$1,060	$1,060 – $1,060
25	Bcbs Ks blue advantage, blue care, blue select plus and federal employees plans facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,075	$1,075	$1,075 – $1,075

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