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
Exp-Culture, Bact; Ana
Low
$4
Average
$29
Median
$15
High
$1.4k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
771 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.1× 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 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 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 55 | $17 – $17 |
| 2 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 42 | $10 – $10 |
| 3 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $18 | $16 | $5 | 29% | 24–240 | $10 – $20 |
| 4 | Providence Medical Center City, KS percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $25 | $25 | — | — | 24 | $25 – $25 |
| 5 | St Marys Medical Center Springs, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $30 | $30 | — | — | 20–29 | $30 – $30 |
| 6 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $94 | $94 | — | — | 16 | $94 – $94 |
| 7 | Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke, MA facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $23 | $23 | — | — | 2–20 | $23 – $23 |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 1–10 | $21 – $80 |
| 9 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 1–10 | $21 – $80 |
| 10 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 1–10 | $21 – $80 |
| 11 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 1–10 | $21 – $80 |
| 12 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $54 | $56 | $20 | 36% | 1–10 | $21 – $80 |
| 13 | DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Los Angeles, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $35 | $54 | $49 | 91% | 1–10 | $10 – $137 |
| 14 | San Dimas Community Hospital Dimas, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $20 | $20 | — | — | 1–10 | $20 – $20 |
| 15 | St Joseph Medical Center City, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $30 | $30 | — | — | 1–10 | $30 – $30 |
| 16 | Victoria of Texas LP Victoria, TX facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $35 | $35 | $22 | 62% | 1–10 | $13 – $57 |
| 17 | Victoria of Texas LP Victoria, TX facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $35 | $35 | $22 | 62% | 1–10 | $13 – $57 |
| 18 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 4 | $28 | $37 | $14 | 37% | — | $24 – $53 |
| 19 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 7 | $10 | $14 | $8 | 52% | — | $5 – $24 |
| 20 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 14 | $10 | $13 | $7 | 53% | — | $5 – $25 |
| 21 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Papillion, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 22 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · inpatient | 2 | $357 | $357 | $9 | 3% | — | $347 – $366 |
| 23 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Plainview, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $347 | $241 | $164 | 68% | — | $10 – $366 |
| 24 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 25 | ALEGENT HEALTH - MERCY HOSPITAL, CORNING IOWA Corning, IA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
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