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
Molecule nucleic ampli
Low
$25
Average
$957
Median
$142
High
$8.8k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
24 payers; the 90th percentile is 58.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 22 | $65 | $63 | $27 | 43% | — | $35 – $171 |
| 2 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms | 9 | $68 | $141 | $91 | 65% | — | $20 – $263 |
| 3 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 8 | $68 | $70 | $19 | 27% | — | $45 – $105 |
| 4 | Anthem facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 7 | $23 | $37 | $42 | 115% | — | $23 – $171 |
| 5 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms | 6 | $11 | $37 | $41 | 110% | — | $11 – $104 |
| 6 | First Health fee schedule · both · +5 other terms | 5 | $19 | $19 | $2 | 8% | — | $18 – $21 |
| 7 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $210 | $186 | $82 | 44% | — | $22 – $477 |
| 8 | Excellus facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $15 | $36 | $21 | 59% | — | $15 – $57 |
| 9 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 10 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 2 | $242 | $242 | $143 | 59% | — | $100 – $421 |
| 11 | Molina facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms | 2 | $12.5k | $12.5k | $12.5k | 100% | — | $35 – $25k |
| 12 | Phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms | 2 | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 2 | $39 | $27 | $13 | 49% | — | $21 – $57 |
| 14 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 15 | Highmark other · both · +1 other terms | 1 | $86 | $86 | $35 | 41% | — | $51 – $121 |
| 16 | Kaiser professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $51 | $51 | — | — | — | $51 – $51 |
| 17 | Medicaid facility · other · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 18 | Medical Mutual fee schedule · inpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $209 | $209 | $8 | 4% | — | $198 – $220 |
| 19 | Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $382 | $382 | $39 | 10% | — | $343 – $421 |
| 20 | MultiPlan professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms | 1 | $62 | $62 | — | — | — | $62 – $62 |
| 21 | Optum percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $94 | $94 | $38 | 40% | — | $44 – $165 |
| 22 | Oscar facility · per diem · outpatient · +1 other terms | 1 | $17.5k | $17.5k | — | — | — | $17.5k – $17.5k |
| 23 | Superior Healthplan other · both · +1 other terms | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | — | $25 – $25 |
| 24 | WellCare other · both · +2 other terms | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | — | $25 – $25 |
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