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
$3
Average
$1.5k
Median
$31
High
$3296.9k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2320 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 17.6× 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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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $12 | $12 | $1 | 7% | 582 | $11 – $12 |
| 2 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $111 | $111 | $37 | 33% | 283 | $69 – $151 |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $11 | $11 | $1 | 8% | 239 | $11 – $12 |
| 4 | Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 15 | $364 | $346 | $79 | 23% | 237–372 | $182 – $546 |
| 5 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | 236 | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 6 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | $0 | 1% | 235–244 | $23 – $24 |
| 7 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $23 | $23 | — | — | 234 | $23 – $23 |
| 8 | Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $219 | $219 | — | — | 233–242 | $219 – $219 |
| 9 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER GRENADA, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $11 | $11 | — | — | 175 | $11 – $11 |
| 10 | Ozark Health Inc. Clinton, AR other · both | 2 | $14 | $14 | $5 | 35% | 174–192 | $9 – $19 |
| 11 | Scotland Memorial Hospital Inc. Laurinburg, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $167 | $167 | $148 | 89% | 149 | $19 – $315 |
| 12 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hazard, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $251 | $251 | — | — | 136–145 | $251 – $251 |
| 13 | PeaceHealth United General Medical Center Sedro Woolley, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $271 | $271 | $133 | 49% | 130 | $138 – $404 |
| 14 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 128 | $17 – $17 |
| 15 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $11 | $11 | — | — | 128 | $11 – $11 |
| 16 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $15 | $15 | $4 | 29% | 123 | $10 – $19 |
| 17 | Buchanan County Health Center Independence, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $114 | $114 | $29 | 26% | 117 | $85 – $144 |
| 18 | Baptist Health Medical Center - Arkadelphia Arkadelphia, AR other · outpatient | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | 113 | $75 – $75 |
| 19 | Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile, AL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 111 | $8 – $8 |
| 20 | ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE, LA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $81 | $81 | — | — | 109–118 | $81 – $81 |
| 21 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Liberty, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $236 | $185 | $73 | 39% | 106–115 | $82 – $236 |
| 22 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $219 | $219 | — | — | 105 | $219 – $219 |
| 23 | Spooner Health System, Inc Spooner, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $133 | $166 | $50 | 30% | 95–122 | $125 – $236 |
| 24 | Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. Hinton, WV percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $274 | $219 | $79 | 36% | 89 | $108 – $274 |
| 25 | Cottage Grove Community Medical Ct Cottage Grove, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $210 | $210 | $75 | 36% | 88 | $135 – $285 |
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