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 CULTURE BLOOD
Based on 94,247–135,269 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$7
Average
$1.0k
Median
$58
High
$2302.6k
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| 1 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $23 | $24 | $11 | 46% | 4,568–4,586 | $10 – $71 |
| 2 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $21 | $69 | $95 | 138% | 2,919–2,928 | $10 – $270 |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $35 | $412 | $1.1k | 273% | 2,090–2,117 | $0 – $5.2k |
| 4 | Dignity Health Merced, CA | $13 | $127 | $172 | 135% | 1,816–1,924 | $10 – $556 |
| 5 | St Anthonys Memorial Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Mattoon, IL | $90 | $70 | $43 | 61% | 1,790 | $8 – $113 |
| 6 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center GRENADA, MS | $18 | $22 | $17 | 76% | 1,677–1,713 | $10 – $65 |
| 7 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA | $18 | $18 | — | — | 1,558 | $18 – $18 |
| 8 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $23 | $128 | $141 | 110% | 1,490–1,670 | $7 – $335 |
| 9 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $124 | $172 | $161 | 94% | 1,380–1,470 | $7 – $380 |
| 10 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA | $91 | $94 | $61 | 65% | 1,336 | $10 – $172 |
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