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
$1
Average
$80
Median
$34
High
$5.5k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1498 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 15.5× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 6 | $40 | $49 | $42 | 85% | 433 | $10 – $130 |
| 2 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 6 | $40 | $49 | $42 | 85% | 433 | $10 – $130 |
| 3 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 415 | $21 – $80 |
| 4 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 413 | $21 – $80 |
| 5 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 412 | $21 – $80 |
| 6 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 408 | $21 – $80 |
| 7 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 406 | $21 – $80 |
| 8 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $32 | $32 | $0 | 0% | 326 | $32 – $32 |
| 9 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 285 | $10 – $10 |
| 10 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $164 | $164 | $41 | 25% | 281 | $123 – $204 |
| 11 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $74 | $78 | $10 | 13% | 278–287 | $74 – $98 |
| 12 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $19 | $19 | — | — | 275 | $19 – $19 |
| 13 | Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, Inc. Hutchinson, KS facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $39 | $39 | — | — | 219 | $39 – $39 |
| 14 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $509 | $509 | — | — | 216–261 | $509 – $509 |
| 15 | DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Chandler, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $26 | $30 | $14 | 45% | 213–231 | $10 – $52 |
| 16 | DIGNITY HEALTH Gilbert, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $26 | $30 | $14 | 45% | 213–249 | $10 – $52 |
| 17 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 12 | $85 | $73 | $25 | 34% | 206–233 | $20 – $92 |
| 18 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA fee schedule · both | 1 | $127 | $126 | $42 | 33% | 201 | $78 – $172 |
| 19 | Northwest Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $28 | $31 | $5 | 16% | 183–192 | $26 – $38 |
| 20 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $36 | $40 | $19 | 49% | 182–200 | $10 – $70 |
| 21 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $43 | $41 | $7 | 18% | 160 | $30 – $48 |
| 22 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $41 | $39 | $7 | 18% | 160 | $28 – $46 |
| 23 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $282 | $235 | $66 | 28% | 153–162 | $141 – $282 |
| 24 | Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $284 | $284 | — | — | 141 | $284 – $284 |
| 25 | ST VINCENT INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER Little Rock, AR fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $11 | $11 | $1 | 6% | 132 | $10 – $12 |
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