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 URINE W/COLONY CT
Reported by 2,292 hospitals in the network.
Based on 439,591–476,815 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$5
Average
$1.0k
Median
$35
High
$2202.9k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $109 | $112 | $95 | 85% | 31,591–31,780 | $7 – $580 |
| 2 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $16 | $36 | $42 | 117% | 12,390–12,399 | $7 – $125 |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $12 | $49 | $56 | 114% | 11,067–11,094 | $1 – $142 |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Lexington, KY | $68 | $84 | $84 | 100% | 9,373 | $7 – $272 |
| 5 | St Anthonys Memorial Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Mattoon, IL | $104 | $86 | $50 | 58% | 8,130–8,220 | $8 – $130 |
| 6 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $15 | $19 | $10 | 51% | 8,128–8,146 | $8 – $41 |
| 7 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO | $19 | $18 | $6 | 35% | 7,598–7,670 | $8 – $163 |
| 8 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $77 | $88 | $79 | 89% | 6,583–6,709 | $2 – $275 |
| 9 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $107 | $95 | $85 | 89% | 6,353 | $7 – $267 |
| 10 | Commonspirit Oregon Roseburg, OR | $125 | $94 | $59 | 63% | 6,346 | $6 – $159 |
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