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
Hudson, NY
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Columbia Memorial Hospital’s median price of $872 is 57% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 8% 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: 7 payers, 59 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_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $62.13 | $62.13 | $62.13 – $62.13 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $132.03 | $132.03 | $132.03 – $132.03 |
| 3 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $132.03 | $132.03 | $132.03 – $132.03 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $135.81 | $135.81 | $135.81 – $135.81 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $139.80 | $139.80 | $139.80 – $139.80 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $143.80 | $143.80 | $143.80 – $143.80 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $145.23 | $145.23 | $145.23 – $145.23 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield pathway enhanced_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $149.58 | $149.58 | $149.58 – $149.58 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $149.58 | $149.58 | $149.58 – $149.58 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $155.33 | $155.33 | $155.33 – $155.33 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $155.33 | $155.33 | $155.33 – $155.33 |
| 12 | Tricare all products_physician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $155.33 | $155.33 | $155.33 – $155.33 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all products_nonmd_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $158.12 | $158.12 | $158.12 – $158.12 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $159.99 | $159.99 | $159.99 – $159.99 |
| 15 | Highmark all products_without loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $160.22 | $160.22 | $160.22 – $160.22 |
| 16 | Highmark medicare_without loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $167.45 | $167.45 | $167.45 – $167.45 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $170.86 | $170.86 | $170.86 – $170.86 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare all products_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $186.02 | $186.02 | $186.02 – $186.02 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $186.40 | $186.40 | $186.40 – $186.40 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $194.65 | $194.65 | $194.65 – $194.65 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial_specialist_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $204.48 | $204.48 | $204.48 – $204.48 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial_pcp_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $211.30 | $211.30 | $211.30 – $211.30 |
| 23 | Aetna all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $240.76 | $240.76 | $240.76 – $240.76 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $348.76 | $348.76 | $348.76 – $348.76 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $725.07 | $725.07 | $725.07 – $725.07 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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