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
SPECIAL GRAM OR GIEMSA STAIN FOR MICROORGANISM
Based on 82,710–133,083 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$3
Average
$1.1k
Median
$24
High
$2617.9k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $9 | $20 | $24 | 120% | 4,463–4,499 | $4 – $71 |
| 2 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $32 | $30 | $4 | 14% | 2,685–2,955 | $4 – $36 |
| 3 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $5 | $26 | $30 | 119% | 2,684–2,720 | $1 – $76 |
| 4 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $10 | $41 | $42 | 102% | 2,296–2,512 | $4 – $117 |
| 5 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $63 | $46 | $28 | 61% | 2,272–2,290 | $4 – $72 |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $52 | $59 | $51 | 87% | 2,029–2,191 | $2 – $176 |
| 7 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $33 | $32 | $6 | 19% | 1,736–2,204 | $4 – $35 |
| 8 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $53 | $50 | $13 | 26% | 1,688–1,832 | $24 – $72 |
| 9 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $47 | $51 | $44 | 85% | 1,687–2,191 | $4 – $114 |
| 10 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $57 | $50 | $45 | 89% | 1,443 | $4 – $143 |
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