Needle core biopsy of lung or mediastinum at Rush Medical Foundation

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC CORE NDL BIOPSY, LUNG/MEDIAST, PERC, W/IMG GUID

Meridian, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $1.0k is 50% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 9% of the 2,235 hospitals reporting CPT 32408. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32408 at Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 21 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	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$125.31	$125.31	$113.01 – $137.60
2	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$137.60	$137.60	$137.60 – $137.60
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$137.60	$137.60	$137.60 – $137.60
4	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$137.60	$137.60	$137.60 – $137.60
5	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$192.64	$192.64	$192.64 – $192.64
6	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$297.67	$297.67	$297.67 – $297.67
7	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$403.10	$314.60	$137.60 – $403.10
8	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$391.28	$391.28	$391.28 – $391.28
9	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$138.98	$488.02	$123.84 – $1,201
10	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$843.47	$843.47	$843.47 – $843.47
11	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,265	$1,265	$973.23 – $1,556
12	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$1,363	$1,363	$1,363 – $1,363
13	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$1,333	$1,373	$136.00 – $2,689
14	Cigna Healthspring all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,482	$1,482	$1,482 – $1,482
15	Humana all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,482	$1,482	$1,482 – $1,482
16	Optum all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,482	$1,482	$1,482 – $1,482
17	WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,482	$1,482	$1,482 – $1,482
18	Molina all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,497	$1,497	$1,497 – $1,497
19	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,731	$1,648	$1,482 – $1,731
20	Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,075	$2,075	$2,075 – $2,075
21	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,704	$2,704	$2,704 – $2,704

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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