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 NEEDLE BX LUNG/MEDIASTINUM PERQ W/IMG CDM
Ventura, CA
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Community Memorial Hospital’s median price of $2.1k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 54% 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: 12 payers, 23 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 | Medicaid medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $878.63 | $878.63 | $878.63 – $878.63 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $1,285 | $1,285 | $1,285 – $1,285 |
| 3 | Kaiser kaiser commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,294 | $1,294 | $1,294 – $1,294 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,633 | $1,633 | $1,633 – $1,633 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,853 | $1,853 | $1,853 – $1,853 |
| 6 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,018 | $2,018 | $2,018 – $2,018 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,114 | $2,114 | $2,114 – $2,114 |
| 8 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california medicare facility · other · outpatient | $2,114 | $2,114 | $2,114 – $2,114 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,114 | $2,114 | $2,114 – $2,114 |
| 10 | Kaiser kaiser medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,114 | $2,114 | $2,114 – $2,114 |
| 11 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,114 | $2,114 | $2,114 – $2,114 |
| 12 | WellCare wellcare of california facility · other · outpatient | $2,114 | $2,114 | $2,114 – $2,114 |
| 13 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,156 | $2,156 | $2,156 – $2,156 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons uhc facility · other · outpatient | $2,167 | $2,167 | $2,167 – $2,167 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare select/select plus facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,507 | $2,507 | $2,507 – $2,507 |
| 16 | Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,560 | $2,560 | $2,560 – $2,560 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all payor appendix facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,842 | $2,842 | $2,842 – $2,842 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,455 | $3,455 | $3,455 – $3,455 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna medical rental products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,637 | $3,637 | $3,637 – $3,637 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4,389 | $4,389 | $4,389 – $4,389 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,389 | $4,389 | $4,389 – $4,389 |
| 22 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,599 | $6,599 | $6,599 – $6,599 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8,300 | $8,300 | $8,300 – $8,300 |
Last updated: Jun 15, 2026
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