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 Bx Lng/Med Perq
Athens, GA
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Piedmont Athens Regional’s median price of $4.0k is 100% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 89% 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: 11 payers, 15 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 | Caresource caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $621.17 | $621.17 | $621.17 – $621.17 |
| 2 | Anthem anthem pathway fee schedule · both | $2,476 | $2,476 | $2,476 – $2,476 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $2,748 | $2,748 | $2,748 – $2,748 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $2,748 | $2,748 | $2,748 – $2,748 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare exchange fee schedule · both | $2,805 | $2,805 | $2,805 – $2,805 |
| 6 | Kaiser kaiser percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,059 | $3,059 | $3,059 – $3,059 |
| 7 | First Health first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,893 | $3,893 | $3,893 – $3,893 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare fee schedule · both | $4,315 | $4,315 | $4,315 – $4,315 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross hmo fee schedule · both | $4,395 | $4,395 | $4,395 – $4,395 |
| 10 | Beechstreet beechstreet percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,560 | $4,560 | $4,560 – $4,560 |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,560 | $4,560 | $4,560 – $4,560 |
| 12 | Phcs phcs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,560 | $4,560 | $4,560 – $4,560 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ppo fee schedule · both | $4,820 | $4,820 | $4,820 – $4,820 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna connect fee schedule · both | $5,387 | $5,387 | $5,387 – $5,387 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna fee schedule · both | $5,561 | $5,561 | $5,561 – $5,561 |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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