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
$7
Average
$11.1k
Median
$21
High
$2121.3k
Each hospital's average Highmark rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
193 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 15.1× 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 Highmark 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 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $168 | $164 | $9 | 5% | 97–133 | $145 – $168 |
| 2 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $141 | $141 | $1 | 0% | 57–84 | $141 – $142 |
| 3 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $24 | $25 | $7 | 26% | 49–67 | $17 – $36 |
| 4 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hinton, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $262 | $262 | — | — | 45 | $262 – $262 |
| 5 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $46 | $46 | — | — | 32 | $46 – $46 |
| 6 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $225 | $225 | $1 | 0% | 24–42 | $224 – $226 |
| 7 | Davis Medical Center Elkins, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $137 | $137 | — | — | 14 | $137 – $137 |
| 8 | Preston Memorial Hospital Kingwood, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $182 | $178 | $22 | 12% | 14–23 | $142 – $210 |
| 9 | GRMC, Inc. Oakland, MD percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $52 | $53 | $31 | 59% | 8–80 | $21 – $85 |
| 10 | Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning, PA facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $24 | $22 | $5 | 25% | 2–20 | $12 – $26 |
| 11 | Broaddus Hospital Association Inc Philippi, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $73 | $73 | $2 | 3% | 2–20 | $71 – $75 |
| 12 | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $115 | $115 | — | — | 2–20 | $115 – $115 |
| 13 | Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $52 | $52 | $0 | 0% | 2–20 | $52 – $52 |
| 14 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative Inc. Summersville, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $157 | $157 | — | — | 2–20 | $157 – $157 |
| 15 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $11 | $12 | $4 | 28% | 1–10 | $11 – $20 |
| 16 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $11 | $12 | $3 | 24% | 1–10 | $11 – $20 |
| 17 | Grant Memorial Hospital Inc Petersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 1–10 | $15 – $15 |
| 18 | Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc. Princeton, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $11 | $11 | $0 | 3% | 1–10 | $10 – $11 |
| 19 | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania D/B/A The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $16 | $16 | $6 | 35% | 1–10 | $11 – $22 |
| 20 | Wetzel County Hospital, Inc. New Martinsville, WV facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $11 | $12 | $3 | 26% | 1–10 | $11 – $20 |
| 21 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 10 | $10 | $13 | $7 | 51% | — | $6 – $21 |
| 22 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA fee schedule · inpatient | 11 | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 23 | ALLE-KISKI MEDICAL CENTER NATRONA HEIGHTS, PA fee schedule · outpatient | 20 | $10 | $10 | $4 | 38% | — | $5 – $19 |
| 24 | Abington Memorial Hospital Abington, PA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 25 | Abington Memorial Hospital Abington, PA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
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