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 SCREEN SINGLE ORGANISM
Low
$0
Average
$121
Median
$13
High
$22.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN | $0 | $0 | — | — | 1,339 | $0 – $255 |
| 2 | Oneida Health ONEIDA, NY | $11 | $27 | $50 | 181% | 996–2,148 | $5 – $496 |
| 3 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI | $5 | $5 | $1 | 26% | 958–1,012 | $3 – $175 |
| 4 | St Josephs Community Hospital of West Bend Inc West Bend, WI | $7 | $7 | $6 | 77% | 890–1,394 | $3 – $159 |
| 5 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL | $10 | $25 | $28 | 111% | 845 | $5 – $110 |
| 6 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $7 | $10 | $11 | 110% | 775–1,666 | $5 – $150 |
| 7 | Triad of Alabama LLC Dothan, AL | $7 | $7 | $1 | 18% | 601 | $4 – $363 |
| 8 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $9 | $16 | $16 | 99% | 535–823 | $7 – $60 |
| 9 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL | $7 | $16 | $24 | 149% | 507–543 | $6 – $26.6k |
| 10 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $7 | $7 | $2 | 29% | 471–480 | $6 – $448 |
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