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 BLOOD CULTURE AND SENS
Low
$1
Average
$33
Median
$17
High
$4.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $15 | $697 | $1.5k | 220% | 1,876 | $0 – $5.2k |
| 2 | Dignity Health Merced, CA | $13 | $127 | $172 | 135% | 1,816–1,924 | $10 – $556 |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $18 | $16 | $5 | 28% | 1,733 | $10 – $270 |
| 4 | Dignity Health Gilbert, AZ | $21 | $82 | $153 | 187% | 1,119–1,263 | $10 – $561 |
| 5 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA | $91 | $93 | $62 | 67% | 1,053 | $10 – $172 |
| 6 | Dignity Community Care Northridge, CA | $17 | $115 | $209 | 183% | 995–1,058 | $10 – $789 |
| 7 | Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer, IA | $10 | $18 | $12 | 65% | 945–963 | $9 – $213 |
| 8 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $22 | $28 | $21 | 75% | 781–790 | $10 – $71 |
| 9 | Dignity Health Carmichael, CA | $30 | $104 | $115 | 111% | 778–796 | $9 – $319 |
| 10 | Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc. Laurinburg, NC | $19 | $68 | $110 | 162% | 660 | $10 – $315 |
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