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
HB Culture, Stool, Additional Pathogen
Low
$5
Average
$52
Median
$35
High
$2.3k
Each hospital's average Medica rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
274 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 9.4× 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 Medica 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 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $19 | $31 | $29 | 93% | 12–21 | $9 – $88 |
| 2 | WINNESHIEK MEDICAL CENTER Decorah, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $58 | $59 | $22 | 38% | 6–60 | $36 – $83 |
| 3 | Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $29 | $29 | $2 | 8% | 4–40 | $26 – $31 |
| 4 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $20 | $23 | $18 | 80% | 4–40 | $6 – $62 |
| 5 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD inpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 3–30 | $10 – $10 |
| 6 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $29 | $72 | $64 | 88% | 3–30 | $24 – $173 |
| 7 | The Cook Hospital Cook, MN percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $79 | $79 | — | — | 3–30 | $79 – $79 |
| 8 | Avera Marshall Hospital Marshall, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $34 | $34 | $3 | 10% | 2–20 | $31 – $37 |
| 9 | Avera Milbank Hospital Milbank, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $41 | $41 | $5 | 13% | 2–20 | $34 – $49 |
| 10 | Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Yankton, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $34 | $34 | $3 | 9% | 2–20 | $31 – $37 |
| 11 | Brookings Health System Brookings, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $47 | $38 | $10 | 27% | 2–20 | $25 – $47 |
| 12 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $67 | $65 | $8 | 12% | 2–20 | $50 – $70 |
| 13 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Council Bluffs, IA fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $19 | $31 | $29 | 93% | 1–10 | $9 – $88 |
| 14 | GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL Kearney, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $19 | $29 | $24 | 84% | 1–10 | $9 – $76 |
| 15 | Northfield Hospital Northfield, MN fee schedule · both | 1 | $120 | $120 | — | — | 1–10 | $120 – $120 |
| 16 | SAINT ELIZABETH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Lincoln, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $19 | $35 | $36 | 103% | 1–10 | $9 – $106 |
| 17 | ST. ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER Bismarck, ND fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $43 | $43 | $33 | 78% | 1–10 | $9 – $76 |
| 18 | AHS Claremore Hospital, LLC Claremore, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 19 | AHS Hillcrest Medical Center, LLC Tulsa, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 20 | AHS Pryor Hospital, LLC Pryor, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $58 | $58 | — | — | — | $58 – $58 |
| 21 | AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC Tulsa, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $164 | $164 | — | — | — | $164 – $164 |
| 22 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Papillion, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $19 | $31 | $29 | 93% | — | $9 – $88 |
| 23 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · inpatient | 4 | $94 | $96 | $69 | 72% | — | $26 – $169 |
| 24 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $28 | $79 | $71 | 90% | — | $9 – $169 |
| 25 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $19 | $31 | $29 | 93% | — | $9 – $88 |
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