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
Core needle biopsy, lung or mediastinum, percutaneous, including imaging guidance, when performed
Austin, TX
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Heart Hosp Of Austin’s median price of $3.5k is 73% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 83% 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: 10 payers, 39 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip fee schedule · outpatient | $510.77 | $510.77 | $510.77 – $510.77 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $510.77 | $510.77 | $510.77 – $510.77 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $521.99 | $521.99 | $521.99 – $521.99 |
| 4 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $535.10 | $535.10 | $535.10 – $535.10 |
| 5 | Molina mcdstar fee schedule · outpatient | $535.10 | $535.10 | $535.10 – $535.10 |
| 6 | Molina star+plus fee schedule · outpatient | $535.10 | $535.10 | $535.10 – $535.10 |
| 7 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $535.10 | $535.10 | $535.10 – $535.10 |
| 8 | Humana mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $608.06 | $608.06 | $608.06 – $608.06 |
| 9 | Aetna Better Health mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $681.03 | $681.03 | $681.03 – $681.03 |
| 10 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $929.00 | $929.00 | $929.00 – $929.00 |
| 11 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $929.00 | $929.00 | $929.00 – $929.00 |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $929.00 | $929.00 | $929.00 – $929.00 |
| 13 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $929.00 | $929.00 | $929.00 – $929.00 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $2,378 | $2,378 | $2,378 – $2,378 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,744 | $2,744 | $2,744 – $2,744 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkhix case rate · outpatient | $3,120 | $3,120 | $3,120 – $3,120 |
| 17 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $3,346 | $3,346 | $3,346 – $3,346 |
| 18 | Oscar hmo case rate · outpatient | $3,346 | $3,346 | $3,346 – $3,346 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $3,490 | $3,490 | $3,490 – $3,490 |
| 20 | Aetna narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $3,511 | $3,511 | $3,511 – $3,511 |
| 21 | Oscar epo case rate · outpatient | $3,718 | $3,718 | $3,718 – $3,718 |
| 22 | Oscar pos case rate · outpatient | $3,718 | $3,718 | $3,718 – $3,718 |
| 23 | Oscar ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,718 | $3,718 | $3,718 – $3,718 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $4,277 | $4,277 | $4,277 – $4,277 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $4,277 | $4,277 | $4,277 – $4,277 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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