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
$28
Median
$6
High
$2.0k
Each hospital's average Molina rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
868 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 12.5× 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 Molina 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 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6 | $6 | $2 | 36% | 458 | $4 – $8 |
| 2 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX facility · other · both | 4 | $9 | $9 | $6 | 58% | 301–328 | $4 – $15 |
| 3 | Parkland Health Dallas, TX facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $26 | $21 | $9 | 44% | 179–206 | $8 – $29 |
| 4 | Public Hospital District No 1 of Mason County Shelton, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $41 | $48 | $21 | 44% | 135–270 | $20 – $87 |
| 5 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | $26 | 83% | 119 | $5 – $58 |
| 6 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $558 | $558 | $224 | 40% | 61 | $335 – $782 |
| 7 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $6 | $6 | $0 | 5% | 60 | $5 – $6 |
| 8 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $40 | $41 | $20 | 49% | 56–74 | $20 – $64 |
| 9 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $9 | $9 | — | — | 48 | $9 – $9 |
| 10 | PeaceHealth United General Medical Center Sedro Woolley, WA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $23 | $23 | — | — | 27 | $23 – $23 |
| 11 | University of New Mexico Hospital | UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Rio Rancho, NM facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $10 | $10 | $2 | 15% | 24 | $5 – $10 |
| 12 | Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. Mason City, IA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $130 | $130 | — | — | 23 | $130 – $130 |
| 13 | Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Peoria, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $23 | $23 | — | — | 19 | $23 – $23 |
| 14 | Loring Hospital Sac City, IA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $5 | $5 | — | — | 18 | $5 – $5 |
| 15 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER GRENADA, MS fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6 | $6 | $2 | 36% | 18–27 | $4 – $8 |
| 16 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER GRENADA, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $9 | $9 | — | — | 16 | $9 – $9 |
| 17 | Wheeling Hospital, Inc. Wheeling, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $4 | $4 | $1 | 14% | 16 | $3 – $4 |
| 18 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · both | 2 | $4 | $4 | $0 | 11% | 14–32 | $4 – $5 |
| 19 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSP TN 38301; 7691 POPLAR AVE. MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $4 | $4 | $0 | 11% | 13–22 | $4 – $5 |
| 20 | HOLLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Holland, MI percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 12 | $17 – $17 |
| 21 | Public Hospital District No 4 King County WA Snoqualmie, WA other · both | 2 | $23 | $23 | $0 | 1% | 12 | $23 – $23 |
| 22 | UMMC HOLMES COUNTY LEXINGTON, MS fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6 | $6 | $2 | 36% | 12 | $4 – $8 |
| 23 | Sparta Community Hospital Sparta, IL professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $14 | $14 | — | — | 11 | $14 – $14 |
| 24 | Columbia Lutheran Charities Astoria, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $27 | $27 | $3 | 11% | 6–60 | $24 – $30 |
| 25 | Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville, SC facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 3–30 | $6 – $6 |
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