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 CULT ID BY SEQUENCING ANAEROBE
Based on 412–2,950 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$12
Average
$257
Median
$192
High
$2.3k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $544 | $518 | $94 | 18% | 157–661 | $100 – $573 |
| 2 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $119 | $181 | $110 | 61% | 38–380 | $103 – $448 |
| 3 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $121 | $137 | $61 | 45% | 18–180 | $32 – $660 |
| 4 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $185 | $308 | $206 | 67% | 18–36 | $6 – $602 |
| 5 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $259 | $236 | $51 | 22% | 16–160 | $115 – $329 |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority Madison, WI | $381 | $337 | $170 | 50% | 15–33 | $115 – $634 |
| 7 | Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato 56001-4752 | $500 | $483 | $84 | 17% | 12–120 | $109 – $546 |
| 8 | Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD | $173 | $170 | $7 | 4% | 9–90 | $118 – $174 |
| 9 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $252 | $267 | $118 | 44% | 8–80 | $25 – $516 |
| 10 | Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire 54703-5270 | $537 | $516 | $84 | 16% | 8–80 | $115 – $565 |
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