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Original text from hospital filings
HC BIOPSY LUNG/MEDIASTINUM W IMAGING
Albermarle, NC
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority’s median price of $2.4k is 19% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 62% 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: 14 payers, 51 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $119.51 | $119.51 | $119.51 – $119.51 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $119.51 | $119.51 | $119.51 – $119.51 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $119.51 | $119.51 | $119.51 – $119.51 |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $138.97 | $138.97 | $138.97 – $138.97 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $141.75 | $141.75 | $141.75 – $141.75 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $143.83 | $143.83 | $143.83 – $143.83 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $144.23 | $144.23 | $144.23 – $144.23 |
| 8 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $602.06 | $602.06 | $602.06 – $602.06 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $608.03 | $608.03 | $608.03 – $608.03 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $873.01 | $873.01 | $873.01 – $873.01 |
| 11 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $939.63 | $939.63 | $939.63 – $939.63 |
| 12 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,152 | $1,152 | $1,152 – $1,152 |
| 13 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,317 | $1,317 | $1,317 – $1,317 |
| 14 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,506 | $1,506 | $1,506 – $1,506 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,516 | $1,516 | $1,516 – $1,516 |
| 16 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,521 | $1,521 | $1,521 – $1,521 |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,572 | $1,572 | $1,572 – $1,572 |
| 18 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,595 | $1,595 | $1,595 – $1,595 |
| 19 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,618 | $1,618 | $1,618 – $1,618 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 21 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,677 | $1,677 | $1,677 – $1,677 |
| 22 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,849 | $1,849 | $1,849 – $1,849 |
| 23 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,849 | $1,849 | $1,849 – $1,849 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,999 | $1,999 | $1,999 – $1,999 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,153 | $2,153 | $2,153 – $2,153 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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