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 GLUCOSE; BLOOD REAGENT STRIP POC
Based on 57,154–61,924 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$1
Average
$1.3k
Median
$8
High
$2250.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $14 | $24 | $54 | 231% | 17,248–17,266 | $5 – $278 |
| 2 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $9 | $10 | $4 | 38% | 5,441–5,522 | $4 – $20 |
| 3 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $10 | $11 | $4 | 39% | 5,380–5,488 | $5 – $22 |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc. Louisville, KY | $15 | $23 | $23 | 99% | 3,797 | $3 – $78 |
| 5 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $31 | $28 | $24 | 86% | 2,628 | $3 – $78 |
| 6 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $20 | $25 | $24 | 94% | 2,538 | $3 – $79 |
| 7 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Albany, IN | $13 | $19 | $16 | 84% | 2,458 | $3 – $58 |
| 8 | Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA | $11 | $15 | $42 | 276% | 1,530–1,584 | $7 – $531 |
| 9 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC | $6 | $12 | $10 | 82% | 1,354–1,363 | $4 – $39 |
| 10 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC | $6 | $12 | $10 | 82% | 1,354–1,363 | $4 – $39 |
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