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
$0
Average
$37
Median
$15
High
$4.7k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1481 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 15.5× 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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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 9 | $20 | $43 | $46 | 108% | 1,780–1,888 | $6 – $176 |
| 2 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 5 | $27 | $29 | $4 | 13% | 1,103 | $27 – $36 |
| 3 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 12 | $31 | $27 | $9 | 34% | 1,043–1,088 | $7 – $34 |
| 4 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 6 | $16 | $19 | $16 | 83% | 845 | $4 – $50 |
| 5 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 6 | $16 | $19 | $16 | 83% | 845 | $4 – $50 |
| 6 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $45 | $45 | — | — | 638 | $45 – $45 |
| 7 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $45 | $45 | — | — | 638 | $45 – $45 |
| 8 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $75 | $79 | $22 | 28% | 586–622 | $66 – $132 |
| 9 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $13 | $13 | $0 | 0% | 490 | $13 – $13 |
| 10 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $69 | $69 | $57 | 83% | 321 | $12 – $126 |
| 11 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST PARKRIDGE HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $8 | $9 | $5 | 53% | 316 | $4 – $16 |
| 12 | PRISMA HEALTH RICHLAND HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $8 | $9 | $5 | 53% | 316 | $4 – $16 |
| 13 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $10 | $8 | $3 | 35% | 294 | $5 – $10 |
| 14 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $150 | $150 | — | — | 288 | $150 – $150 |
| 15 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $150 | $150 | — | — | 288 | $150 – $150 |
| 16 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 6 | $41 | $49 | $13 | 27% | 266–275 | $37 – $71 |
| 17 | ST VINCENT INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER Little Rock, AR fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $5 | $5 | $0 | 6% | 241–259 | $4 – $5 |
| 18 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 6 | $22 | $25 | $4 | 16% | 236–245 | $19 – $29 |
| 19 | ST JOSEPH REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Bryan, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 7 | $15 | $11 | $6 | 53% | 230 | $4 – $18 |
| 20 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $119 | $119 | — | — | 218–236 | $119 – $119 |
| 21 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $52 | $52 | $4 | 7% | 207–225 | $48 – $56 |
| 22 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $14 | $14 | $9 | 69% | 199 | $4 – $23 |
| 23 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 3 | $10 | $8 | $3 | 35% | 171–189 | $5 – $10 |
| 24 | PRISMA HEALTH PATEWOOD HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 6 | $16 | $19 | $17 | 86% | 168 | $4 – $53 |
| 25 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $35 | $36 | $13 | 36% | 159–177 | $13 – $52 |
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