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
CULTURE, BLOOD
Low
$4
Average
$24
Median
$10
High
$258
Each hospital's average Aetna Better Health rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
236 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 6.6× 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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292 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna Better Health 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 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hazard, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $76 | $76 | — | — | 146 | $76 – $76 |
| 2 | ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Services, Inc Barbourville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $42 | $42 | — | — | 114 | $42 – $42 |
| 3 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Whitesburg, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $83 | $83 | — | — | 77 | $83 – $83 |
| 4 | ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Services, Inc Martin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $63 | $63 | — | — | 69 | $63 – $63 |
| 5 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Harlan, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $48 | $48 | — | — | 62 | $48 – $48 |
| 6 | BYRD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LEESVILLE, LA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $49 | $49 | $2 | 4% | 51–69 | $47 – $51 |
| 7 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Middlesboro, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 46 | $10 – $10 |
| 8 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Liberty, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $66 | $66 | — | — | 32 | $66 – $66 |
| 9 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. McDowell, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $54 | $54 | — | — | 32 | $54 – $54 |
| 10 | ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE, LA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $81 | $81 | — | — | 22 | $81 – $81 |
| 11 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $88 | $88 | $4 | 5% | 14 | $84 – $92 |
| 12 | Davis Medical Center Elkins, WV facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $20 | $20 | — | — | 14 | $20 – $20 |
| 13 | Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Inc. Hutchinson, KS facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $9 | $9 | — | — | 14 | $9 – $9 |
| 14 | GRMC, Inc. Oakland, MD percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $53 | $53 | $32 | 59% | 8–80 | $22 – $85 |
| 15 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Edmond, OK facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $9 | $9 | — | — | 7–70 | $9 – $9 |
| 16 | Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY other · inpatient | 1 | $31 | $31 | — | — | 4–40 | $31 – $31 |
| 17 | Norton Hospitals INC Louisville, KY other · inpatient | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 4–40 | $15 – $15 |
| 18 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $199 | $199 | — | — | 2–20 | $199 – $199 |
| 19 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $115 | $115 | — | — | 2–20 | $115 – $115 |
| 20 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative Inc. Summersville, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $164 | $164 | — | — | 2–20 | $164 – $164 |
| 21 | ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Services, Inc Hayden, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $52 | $52 | — | — | 1–10 | $52 – $52 |
| 22 | Allen Parish Hospital District No 3 Kinder, LA facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 1–10 | $10 – $10 |
| 23 | Broaddus Hospital Association Inc Philippi, WV facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $71 | $71 | — | — | 1–10 | $71 – $71 |
| 24 | Deaconess Health System Union County Hospital Morganfield, KY facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $21 | $21 | — | — | 1–10 | $21 – $21 |
| 25 | Grant Memorial Hospital Inc Petersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 1–10 | $15 – $15 |
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