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
Mediastinoscpy w/medstnl bx
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $7.3k is 20% above the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 68% of the 1,585 hospitals reporting CPT 39401. 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, 11 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 4 | Cigna texas healthspring medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 5 | Molina advantage medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $6.4k | $6.4k | — | — | — | $6.4k – $6.4k |
| 6 | Aetna new business discount other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | — | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 7 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $9.9k | $9.9k | — | — | — | $9.9k – $9.9k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10.5k | $10.5k | — | — | — | $10.5k – $10.5k |
| 10 | Optum transplant medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $11.8k | $11.8k | — | — | — | $11.8k – $11.8k |
| 11 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $13.1k | $13.1k | — | — | — | $13.1k – $13.1k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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