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
PERCUT BX, LUNG/MEDIASTINUM W GUIDE
Brainerd, MN
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Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center’s median price of $1.7k is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 36% 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: 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 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $762.51 | $762.51 | $762.51 – $762.51 |
| 2 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,035 | $1,035 | $1,035 – $1,035 |
| 3 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,035 | $1,035 | $1,035 – $1,035 |
| 4 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,038 | $1,038 | $1,038 – $1,038 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,086 | $1,086 | $1,086 – $1,086 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,089 | $1,089 | $1,089 – $1,089 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,089 | $1,089 | $1,089 – $1,089 |
| 8 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,535 | $1,535 | $1,535 – $1,535 |
| 9 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,588 | $1,588 | $1,588 – $1,588 |
| 10 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,588 | $1,588 | $1,588 – $1,588 |
| 11 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,619 | $1,619 | $1,619 – $1,619 |
| 12 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,646 | $1,646 | $1,535 – $1,757 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,689 | $1,689 | $1,689 – $1,689 |
| 14 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,706 | $1,706 | $1,706 – $1,706 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,740 | $1,740 | $1,740 – $1,740 |
| 16 | Healthpartners medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,740 | $1,740 | $1,740 – $1,740 |
| 17 | Medica medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,740 | $1,740 | $1,740 – $1,740 |
| 18 | Ucare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,740 | $1,740 | $1,740 – $1,740 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,740 | $1,740 | $1,740 – $1,740 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,774 | $1,774 | $1,774 – $1,774 |
| 21 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,774 | $1,774 | $1,774 – $1,774 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,836 | $1,836 | $1,836 – $1,836 |
| 23 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,051 | $2,051 | $2,051 – $2,051 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,051 | $2,051 | $2,051 – $2,051 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,994 | $5,994 | $5,994 – $5,994 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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