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 NDL BIOPSY, LUNG/MEDIAST, PERC, W/IMG GUID
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $1.7k is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 33% 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, 13 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 payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,490 | $1,113 | $359.35 – $1,490 |
| 4 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,201 | $1,201 | $1,201 – $1,201 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,490 | $1,490 | $1,490 – $1,490 |
| 6 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,490 | $1,490 | $1,490 – $1,490 |
| 7 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,490 | $1,490 | $1,490 – $1,490 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,559 | $2,643 | $359.35 – $4,010 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,752 | $2,772 | $2,434 – $3,072 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,235 | $3,235 | $3,235 – $3,235 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $4,575 | $4,575 | $1,510 – $7,640 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $5,925 | $5,925 | $5,925 – $5,925 |
| 13 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $6,100 | $6,100 | $2,014 – $10,186 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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