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
Shreveport, LA
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Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center, Llc’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: 10 payers, 12 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 | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $926.41 | $926.41 | $359.35 – $1,493 |
| 4 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,383 | $1,383 | $1,273 – $1,493 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,441 | $1,441 | $1,441 – $1,441 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,493 | $1,457 | $359.35 – $2,198 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,493 | $1,493 | $1,493 – $1,493 |
| 9 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,493 | $1,493 | $1,493 – $1,493 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,835 | $1,835 | $1,835 – $1,835 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,705 | $2,806 | $2,705 – $3,109 |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $3,190 | $3,190 | $3,190 – $3,190 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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