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
MICRO CULTURE UR SP/KIDNE
Low
$5
Average
$42
Median
$29
High
$373
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
71 payers; the 90th percentile is 6.2× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms | 837 | $8 | $12 | $20 | 168% | 4,137–4,281 | $0 – $433 |
| 2 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms | 217 | $12 | $19 | $29 | 149% | 1,127–1,154 | $1 – $417 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms | 551 | $13 | $25 | $29 | 117% | 892–1,099 | $1 – $407 |
| 4 | Bcbs Mt percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 1 | $43 | $43 | $0 | 1% | 252 | $43 – $44 |
| 5 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms | 764 | $11 | $28 | $27 | 96% | 236 | $1 – $215 |
| 6 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 543 | $17 | $24 | $23 | 96% | 203–248 | $4 – $204 |
| 7 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms | 574 | $8 | $20 | $25 | 128% | 167–239 | $1 – $160 |
| 8 | Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +5 other terms | 4 | $11 | $11 | $1 | 7% | 52 | $10 – $12 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms | 22 | $21 | $30 | $42 | 141% | 26–35 | $8 – $255 |
| 10 | Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 131 | $13 | $11 | $5 | 48% | 3–30 | $5 – $47 |
| 11 | Bcbs Ar fee schedule · both | 1 | $9 | $9 | — | — | 2–20 | $9 – $9 |
| 12 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 347 | $8 | $9 | $3 | 38% | 1–10 | $6 – $47 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 140 | $8 | $8 | $1 | 9% | 1–10 | $5 – $14 |
| 14 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 112 | $10 | $14 | $11 | 78% | 1–10 | $1 – $54 |
| 15 | Bcbs Mo professional · other · both · +2 other terms | 1 | $39 | $39 | — | — | 1–10 | $39 – $39 |
| 16 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +30 other terms | 304 | $9 | $11 | $9 | 84% | — | $1 – $193 |
| 17 | Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms | 197 | $8 | $8 | $0 | 3% | — | $8 – $9 |
| 18 | Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 167 | $16 | $17 | $6 | 34% | — | $8 – $25 |
| 19 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 123 | $8 | $18 | $34 | 194% | — | $4 – $472 |
| 20 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 105 | $8 | $14 | $41 | 299% | — | $4 – $352 |
| 21 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 102 | $8 | $11 | $19 | 169% | — | $4 – $193 |
| 22 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 100 | $85 | $86 | $90 | 105% | — | $2 – $617 |
| 23 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms | 75 | $8 | $10 | $5 | 50% | — | $8 – $36 |
| 24 | Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 67 | $8 | $9 | $7 | 77% | — | $8 – $77 |
| 25 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 62 | $15 | $23 | $29 | 128% | — | $5 – $207 |
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