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
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $2.0k is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 49% 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,035 | $1,035 | $583.29 – $1,488 |
| 4 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,112 | $359.35 – $1,488 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,201 | $1,201 | $1,201 – $1,201 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,434 | $1,434 | $1,359 – $1,510 |
| 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 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,987 | $1,987 | $1,987 – $1,987 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $2,119 | $2,119 | $2,119 – $2,119 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,737 | $2,740 | $359.35 – $4,123 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,836 | $2,923 | $2,693 – $3,234 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $12,171 | $12,171 | $12,171 – $12,171 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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