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
Culture Serol Type Agn 3 Strep
Low
$0
Average
$217
Median
$7
High
$18.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA | $19 | $19 | — | — | 76 | $19 – $49 |
| 2 | Avera McKennan Hospital Sioux Falls, SD | $307 | $261 | $64 | 25% | 50–104 | $5 – $307 |
| 3 | Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville, IA | $307 | $307 | — | — | 32 | $37 – $307 |
| 4 | Avera St. Luke's Aberdeen, SD | $6 | $6 | — | — | 26 | $6 – $55 |
| 5 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA | $6 | $24 | $32 | 132% | 24–33 | $5 – $79 |
| 6 | Avera Queen of Peace Mitchell, SD | $21 | $21 | — | — | 21 | $8 – $276 |
| 7 | Osceola Regional Health Center Sibley, IA | $54 | $54 | — | — | 6–60 | $5 – $63 |
| 8 | Methodist University Hospital MEMPHIS, TN | $130 | $131 | $16 | 13% | 3–30 | $107 – $150 |
| 9 | Avera Merrill Pioneer Rock Rapids, IA | $307 | $307 | — | — | 2–20 | $140 – $307 |
| 10 | Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp GERMANTOWN, TN | $661 | $665 | $83 | 13% | 2–20 | $5 – $3.5k |
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