Price on a Pied Male

Really, a piebald - aka pied - BP is no more different from a normal BP than a piebald - aka pinto - horse is from a bay. Piebald horses have been around for much longer than piebald snakes, with no color-related issues at all. Now, horses and snakes are a bit different, but I don't think any color-related health problems from piebald are likely to appear. Piebald animals have been appearing throughout nature for a very long time. The health problems that they have are directly related to the fact that their markings don't blend into their environment very well, which makes it difficult for them to hide, and other animals find and eat them. Personally, I wouldn't use any lights at all, but I know some people like them.

A related note on animal intelligence: I've seen a normal doe hide a piebald fawn in a logged-off unit full of white tarps, where slash piles had been covered up to keep them from getting wet prior to burning. Anywhere else, that fawn would have been glaringly obvious. In that one place, where they happened to use white tarps - usually they didn't use white - it was invisible until it moved. The doe stood out like a neon sign against those tarps - but her fawn was hidden.

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Originally Posted by mdb730

OMG this reminds of the time I went to petsmart to get some mealworms and superworms and one of the employees told me that I had to smash the heads of superworms before feeding it because they can eat their way out of a reptile's stomach :O . LOL never mind gastric acid or the blunt force from the reptile's mouth.

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There are reported cases of amphibians (specially those who swallow the pray whole) that died because superworms eat their way out. I've seen it myself in a pacman frog. Superworms have nasty "jaws" and they are not the natural prey of a lot of amphibians and/or reptiles.
Of course these cases are rare.
A lof ot "information" that circles around is false but sometimes these tips or myths have their source in real events that someone experienced. Never discard advice just because it comes from a stranger and never follow advice just because it comes from a friend. Always, always double check the information. That's the best thing you can do.
So, if someone told you pied morphs have health issues and they need special lighting: double check it, just as you told us you did.