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
PR THORACOSCOPY,DX PERICARD W BX
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.5k is 85% below the median hospital's median price ($9.9k), higher than 17% of the 1,509 hospitals reporting CPT 32604. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 22 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 medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $411 | $411 | — | — | — | $411 – $411 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $419 | $419 | — | — | — | $419 – $419 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $419 | $419 | — | — | — | $419 – $419 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $432 | $432 | — | — | — | $432 – $432 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $432 | $432 | — | — | — | $432 – $432 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $872 | $872 | — | — | — | $872 – $872 |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $872 | $872 | — | — | — | $872 – $872 |
| 8 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 9 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 14 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $9.8k | $9.8k | — | — | — | $9.8k – $9.8k |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $9.8k | $9.8k | — | — | — | $9.8k – $9.8k |
| 16 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $9.8k | $9.8k | — | — | — | $9.8k – $9.8k |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $10.1k | $10.1k | — | — | — | $10.1k – $10.1k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $10.1k | $10.1k | — | — | — | $10.1k – $10.1k |
| 19 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $20.3k | $20.3k | — | — | — | $20.3k – $20.3k |
| 20 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $21.1k | $21.1k | — | — | — | $21.1k – $21.1k |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $25.9k | $25.9k | — | — | — | $25.9k – $25.9k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $25.9k | $25.9k | — | — | — | $25.9k – $25.9k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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