Needle core biopsy of lung or mediastinum at Community Medical Center

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

CORE NDL BX LNG/MED PERQ

Toms River, NJ

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Community Medical Center’s median price of $3.8k is 91% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 87% 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 Community Medical Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 25 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 community plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$628.69	$628.69	$628.69 – $628.69
2	Aetna better health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$687.96	$687.96	$687.96 – $687.96
3	Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient	$919.07	$919.07	$919.07 – $919.07
4	Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient	$1,771	$1,771	$1,771 – $1,771
5	Bcbs Nj medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$1,771	$1,771	$1,771 – $1,771
6	Clover medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$1,771	$1,771	$1,771 – $1,771
7	Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient	$1,771	$1,771	$1,771 – $1,771
8	UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient	$1,806	$1,806	$1,806 – $1,806
9	First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$3,040	$3,040	$3,040 – $3,040
10	Bcbs Nj omnia percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$3,290	$3,290	$3,290 – $3,290
11	UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient	$3,417	$3,417	$3,417 – $3,417
12	WellCare ambetter health commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$3,524	$3,524	$3,524 – $3,524
13	Bcbs Nj state benefit plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$3,800	$3,800	$3,800 – $3,800
14	UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient	$3,845	$3,845	$3,845 – $3,845
15	Bcbs Nj managed percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$3,989	$3,989	$3,989 – $3,989
16	UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient	$4,020	$4,020	$4,020 – $4,020
17	Bcbs Nj non-managed percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$4,054	$4,054	$4,054 – $4,054
18	Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient	$4,174	$4,174	$4,174 – $4,174
19	Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient	$4,174	$4,174	$4,174 – $4,174
20	Bcbs Nj worker's comp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$4,306	$4,306	$4,306 – $4,306
21	UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient	$4,523	$4,523	$4,523 – $4,523
22	Bcbs Nj pip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$4,635	$4,635	$4,635 – $4,635
23	Cigna local plus case rate · outpatient	$7,491	$7,491	$7,491 – $7,491
24	Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient	$9,518	$9,518	$9,518 – $9,518
25	Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient	$10,025	$10,025	$10,025 – $10,025

Last updated: Mar 4, 2026

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