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
$1.5k
Median
$14
High
$3279.8k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2270 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 18.7× 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 UnitedHealthcare 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 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $5 | $5 | $0 | 8% | 682 | $4 – $5 |
| 2 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $5 | $5 | $0 | 7% | 492 | $4 – $5 |
| 3 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $24 | $24 | — | — | 465–474 | $24 – $24 |
| 4 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $5 | $5 | $0 | 8% | 397 | $4 – $5 |
| 5 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $7 | $7 | — | — | 300 | $7 – $7 |
| 6 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $4 | $4 | — | — | 254 | $4 – $4 |
| 7 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $5 | $5 | $0 | 8% | 215 | $4 – $5 |
| 8 | ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $18 | $14 | $7 | 50% | 196 | $4 – $21 |
| 9 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | 195 | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 10 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $62 | $62 | — | — | 184–193 | $62 – $62 |
| 11 | The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $9 | $9 | — | — | 172 | $9 – $9 |
| 12 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | — | — | 157 | $32 – $32 |
| 13 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $65 | $66 | $19 | 30% | 141 | $44 – $89 |
| 14 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $42 | $42 | — | — | 127–136 | $42 – $42 |
| 15 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $32 | $28 | $9 | 33% | 124–151 | $7 – $32 |
| 16 | Cooley Dickinson Hospital Northampton, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $40 | $40 | — | — | 122 | $40 – $40 |
| 17 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $5 | $5 | $0 | 9% | 120 | $4 – $5 |
| 18 | St Josephs Community Hospital of West Bend Inc West Bend, WI other · inpatient | 5 | $2 | $3 | $1 | 30% | 118–136 | $2 – $4 |
| 19 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA other · both | 1 | $1 | $1 | — | — | 116 | $1 – $1 |
| 20 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $70 | $70 | — | — | 115 | $70 – $70 |
| 21 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $70 | $70 | — | — | 115 | $70 – $70 |
| 22 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $325 | $325 | — | — | 114 | $325 – $325 |
| 23 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $13 | $13 | — | — | 107 | $13 – $13 |
| 24 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | — | — | 105 | $32 – $32 |
| 25 | St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | — | — | 105 | $32 – $32 |
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