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
Low
$0
Average
$1.3k
Median
$56
High
$2585.7k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2210 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 22.4× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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3,746 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative Inc. Summersville, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $159 | $248 | $126 | 51% | 569–587 | $159 – $427 |
| 2 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | 397 | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 3 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $137 | $137 | — | — | 283 | $137 – $137 |
| 4 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $145 | $227 | $132 | 58% | 247–274 | $140 – $436 |
| 5 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $216 | $344 | $184 | 54% | 204–222 | $212 – $605 |
| 6 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Paducah, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $64 | $64 | — | — | 132 | $64 – $64 |
| 7 | Higgins General Hospital Bremen, GA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $76 | $170 | $120 | 70% | 105–141 | $38 – $307 |
| 8 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $54 | $54 | $4 | 8% | 105–123 | $48 – $59 |
| 9 | WINNESHIEK MEDICAL CENTER Decorah, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $112 | $113 | $4 | 3% | 105 | $110 – $118 |
| 10 | Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc. Laurinburg, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $175 | $131 | $86 | 66% | 95–113 | $10 – $208 |
| 11 | Beebe Medical Center Inc. Lewes, DE facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $171 | $171 | — | — | 88–97 | $171 – $171 |
| 12 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $83 | $82 | $8 | 9% | 87–96 | $74 – $93 |
| 13 | ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Services, Inc Barbourville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $60 | $60 | — | — | 85 | $60 – $60 |
| 14 | DIGNITY HEALTH Folsom, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $71 | $56 | $26 | 47% | 84 | $10 – $71 |
| 15 | DIGNITY HEALTH Redding, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $58 | $46 | $20 | 45% | 81 | $10 – $58 |
| 16 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $333 | $333 | — | — | 75 | $333 – $333 |
| 17 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $333 | $333 | — | — | 71 | $333 – $333 |
| 18 | Wheeling Hospital, Inc. Wheeling, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $266 | $266 | — | — | 70 | $266 – $266 |
| 19 | Pana Community Hospital Association Pana, IL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $226 | $226 | $18 | 8% | 65 | $208 – $243 |
| 20 | Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer, IA fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 60 | $10 – $10 |
| 21 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | — | — | 57–66 | $32 – $32 |
| 22 | DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Northridge, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $43 | $35 | $14 | 40% | 57 | $10 – $43 |
| 23 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $216 | $216 | — | — | 54 | $216 – $216 |
| 24 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $199 | $199 | — | — | 54 | $199 – $199 |
| 25 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $306 | $306 | $70 | 23% | 54 | $237 – $376 |
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