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
$5
Average
$3.7k
Median
$161
High
$2438.4k
Each hospital's average First Health rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
693 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 9.3× 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 First 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 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $18 | $18 | — | — | 38 | $18 – $18 |
| 2 | DIGNITY HEALTH Gilbert, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $194 | $198 | $188 | 95% | 35 | $10 – $394 |
| 3 | Baystate Wing Hospital Palmer, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $51 | $51 | — | — | 32 | $51 – $51 |
| 4 | Baystate Noble Hospital Westfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | 28 | $24 – $24 |
| 5 | Bexar County Hospital District San Antonio, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $65 | $65 | $7 | 10% | 26 | $59 – $72 |
| 6 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $309 | $483 | $330 | 68% | 10–100 | $134 – $1.1k |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $154 | $154 | $1 | 0% | 6–60 | $152 – $154 |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $154 | $154 | $1 | 0% | 6–60 | $152 – $154 |
| 9 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $154 | $154 | $1 | 0% | 6–60 | $152 – $154 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $154 | $154 | $1 | 0% | 6–60 | $152 – $154 |
| 11 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $154 | $154 | $1 | 0% | 6–60 | $152 – $154 |
| 12 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $154 | $154 | $1 | 0% | 6–60 | $152 – $154 |
| 13 | Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $314 | $314 | — | — | 2–20 | $314 – $314 |
| 14 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $168 | $259 | $131 | 51% | 2–20 | $164 – $445 |
| 15 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $108 | $108 | — | — | 2–20 | $108 – $108 |
| 16 | METHODIST HOSPITAL HELOTES, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $206 | $206 | $56 | 27% | 1–10 | $150 – $262 |
| 17 | METHODIST HOSPITAL LANDMARK SAN ANTONIO, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $410 | $410 | $148 | 36% | 1–10 | $262 – $558 |
| 18 | METHODIST HOSPITAL STONE OAK SPRING BRANCH, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $419 | $419 | $157 | 38% | 1–10 | $262 – $576 |
| 19 | Piedmont Eastside Snellville, GA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $352 | $352 | — | — | 1–10 | $352 – $352 |
| 20 | STONE OAK REHAB SAN ANTONIO, TX percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $419 | $419 | $157 | 38% | 1–10 | $262 – $576 |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $308 | $245 | $174 | 71% | — | $7 – $420 |
| 22 | AHS Cushing Hospital, LLC Cushing, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $281 | $281 | $33 | 12% | — | $247 – $314 |
| 23 | AHS Henryetta Hospital, LLC Henryetta, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $444 | $444 | $53 | 12% | — | $392 – $497 |
| 24 | AHS Pryor Hospital, LLC Pryor, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $146 | $146 | — | — | — | $146 – $146 |
| 25 | ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL Anchorage, AK percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $270 | $270 | $155 | 57% | — | $116 – $425 |
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