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
Low
$1
Average
$1.2k
Median
$22
High
$2572.3k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2194 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 20.2× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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3,699 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $31 | $30 | $3 | 9% | 433 | $27 – $34 |
| 2 | NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH GOLDEN, CO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $33 | $33 | — | — | 387 | $33 – $33 |
| 3 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $42 | $42 | $8 | 20% | 366 | $33 – $50 |
| 4 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $42 | $42 | $8 | 20% | 366 | $33 – $50 |
| 5 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | 350 | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 6 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $54 | $69 | $60 | 87% | 218 | $9 – $156 |
| 7 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $57 | $57 | $1 | 1% | 180 | $56 – $57 |
| 8 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $53 | $52 | $8 | 15% | 178–187 | $42 – $61 |
| 9 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | 173 | $24 – $24 |
| 10 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | 143 | $24 – $24 |
| 11 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $37 | $66 | $52 | 79% | 127–145 | $17 – $176 |
| 12 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $30 | $34 | $6 | 19% | 127–145 | $29 – $43 |
| 13 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $72 | $72 | — | — | 115 | $72 – $72 |
| 14 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Paducah, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $26 | $26 | $0 | 1% | 108 | $26 – $27 |
| 15 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $20 | $33 | $20 | 59% | 96–114 | $19 – $61 |
| 16 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 93 | $8 – $8 |
| 17 | West Virginia Health Care Cooperative Inc. Summersville, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $23 | $31 | $11 | 37% | 92–110 | $22 – $46 |
| 18 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $29 | $37 | $16 | 45% | 87 | $13 – $62 |
| 19 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $75 | $69 | $12 | 17% | 79–133 | $53 – $79 |
| 20 | DIGNITY HEALTH Santa Maria, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $12 | $17 | $11 | 65% | 78 | $4 – $31 |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority WI 53718; 1675 Highland Ave Madison, WI percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges | 2 | $54 | $54 | $3 | 6% | 77 | $51 – $57 |
| 22 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $4 | $5 | $1 | 28% | 76 | $4 – $7 |
| 23 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $92 | $86 | $8 | 10% | 75 | $74 – $92 |
| 24 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $92 | $86 | $8 | 10% | 75 | $74 – $92 |
| 25 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $69 | $69 | $3 | 4% | 75 | $66 – $71 |
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