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
Chalmette, LA
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Hospital Service District Of The Parish Of St. Bernard, 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, 14 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 | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $918.65 | $918.65 | $349.65 – $1,488 |
| 4 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,108 | $349.65 – $1,488 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,201 | $1,201 | $1,201 – $1,201 |
| 6 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 7 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 8 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,807 | $1,924 | $1,807 – $2,099 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,294 | $2,294 | $1,488 – $3,100 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,465 | $2,465 | $2,465 – $2,465 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,366 | $3,366 | $3,366 – $3,366 |
| 14 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,714 | $3,714 | $3,714 – $3,714 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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