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 BIOPSY LUNG/MEDIASTINUM W IMAGING
Concord, NC
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority’s median price of $2.2k is 7% above the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 56% 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, 49 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $610.02 | $610.02 | $610.02 – $610.02 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $621.45 | $621.45 | $621.45 – $621.45 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $632.88 | $632.88 | $632.88 – $632.88 |
| 11 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $862.08 | $862.08 | $862.08 – $862.08 |
| 12 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,184 | $1,184 | $1,184 – $1,184 |
| 13 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,317 | $1,317 | $1,317 – $1,317 |
| 14 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,444 | $1,444 | $1,444 – $1,444 |
| 15 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,506 | $1,506 | $1,506 – $1,506 |
| 16 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,558 | $1,558 | $1,558 – $1,558 |
| 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 hmo-ppo managed care other · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 22 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,805 | $1,805 | $1,805 – $1,805 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,999 | $1,999 | $1,999 – $1,999 |
| 24 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,023 | $2,023 | $2,023 – $2,023 |
| 25 | Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,063 | $2,063 | $2,063 – $2,063 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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