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
Kenner, LA
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Ochsner Medical Center � Kenner Llc’s median price of $2.3k is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 59% 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: 13 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 | $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 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,112 | $359.35 – $1,488 |
| 4 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,201 | $1,201 | $1,201 – $1,201 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 6 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 7 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 8 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,532 | $1,532 | $1,532 – $1,532 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,469 | $1,836 | $359.35 – $2,680 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,418 | $2,507 | $2,296 – $2,819 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,538 | $2,538 | $2,538 – $2,538 |
| 12 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $2,947 | $2,947 | $2,947 – $2,947 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,091 | $3,091 | $3,091 – $3,091 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $5,039 | $5,039 | $5,039 – $5,039 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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