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 NEEDLE BX LUNG/MEDIASTINUM PERQ W/IMG
Philadelphia, PA
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Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System D/B/A Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s median price of $2.1k is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 54% 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: 15 payers, 35 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 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-hmo pos and direct access facility · other · outpatient | $1,034 | $1,034 | $1,034 – $1,034 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,212 | $1,212 | $1,212 – $1,212 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,529 | $1,529 | $1,529 – $1,529 |
| 4 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $1,727 | $1,727 | $1,727 – $1,727 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,727 | $1,727 | $1,727 – $1,727 |
| 6 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,736 | $1,736 | $1,736 – $1,736 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $1,762 | $1,762 | $1,762 – $1,762 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,779 | $1,779 | $1,779 – $1,779 |
| 9 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,779 | $1,779 | $1,779 – $1,779 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,831 | $1,831 | $1,831 – $1,831 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,831 | $1,831 | $1,831 – $1,831 |
| 12 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $1,866 | $1,866 | $1,866 – $1,866 |
| 13 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,914 | $1,914 | $1,914 – $1,914 |
| 14 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,914 | $1,914 | $1,914 – $1,914 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,952 | $1,952 | $1,952 – $1,952 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield keystone health plan east-ibc hmo facility · other · outpatient | $2,123 | $2,123 | $2,123 – $2,123 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield personal choice-ibc ppo facility · other · outpatient | $2,123 | $2,123 | $2,123 – $2,123 |
| 18 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,335 | $2,335 | $2,335 – $2,335 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · other · outpatient | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 – $2,500 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $2,703 | $2,703 | $2,703 – $2,703 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna commercial hmo with capitation facility · other · outpatient | $2,703 | $2,703 | $2,703 – $2,703 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,874 | $2,874 | $2,874 – $2,874 |
| 23 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $2,937 | $2,937 | $2,937 – $2,937 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,981 | $2,981 | $2,981 – $2,981 |
| 25 | Humana humana choice care facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,062 | $3,062 | $3,062 – $3,062 |
Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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