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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HC CORE NDL BIOPSY, LUNG/MEDIAST, PERC, W/IMG GUID
LULING, LA
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Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $1.5k is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 17% 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 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $360.14 | $360.14 | $360.14 – $360.14 |
| 3 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $998.28 | $998.28 | $583.29 – $1,413 |
| 4 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,108 | $349.65 – $1,488 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,143 | $1,143 | $798.00 – $1,488 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,201 | $1,201 | $1,201 – $1,201 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,270 | $349.65 – $1,974 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 9 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,802 | $1,839 | $1,802 – $2,020 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,363 | $2,363 | $2,363 – $2,363 |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,429 | $3,429 | $3,429 – $3,429 |
| 13 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,643 | $3,643 | $3,643 – $3,643 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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