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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.

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Original text from hospital filings

HC SMEAR FLUORESCENT OR AFB STAIN

UnitedHealthcare pricing summary

Low

Average

$1.5k

Median

$12

High

$3269.6k

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3,611 hospital rates

#		Plans
1	Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both	2	$6	$6	$0	8%	224	$6 – $6
2	Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	2	$25	$25	—	—	143–161	$25 – $25
3	Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	3	$66	$57	$19	33%	140–176	$15 – $66
4	Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	2	$51	$51	$2	3%	98	$49 – $53
5	CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER Houston, TX fee schedule · outpatient	11	$10	$20	$37	188%	96	$5 – $141
6	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority WI 53718; 1675 Highland Ave Madison, WI percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges	3	$59	$59	$16	27%	76–112	$39 – $89
7	STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient	1	$6	$6	—	—	72	$6 – $6
8	STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS fee schedule · outpatient	1	$9	$9	—	—	67	$9 – $9
9	Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	2	$65	$65	—	—	57–66	$65 – $65
10	The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH facility · other · outpatient	1	$11	$11	—	—	54	$11 – $11
11	SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Lexington, KY fee schedule · outpatient	4	$6	$29	$41	140%	47	$5 – $100
12	Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	1	$7.3k	$7.3k	—	—	34	$7.3k – $7.3k
13	University of New Mexico Hospital \| UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center - A Campus of UNM Hospital Rio Rancho, NM facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$14	$14	—	—	30–39	$14 – $14
14	Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$28	$28	—	—	25	$28 – $28
15	University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA per diem · both	2	$72	$72	$26	36%	25–34	$46 – $97
16	ALEGENT HEALTH BERGAN MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient	3	$23	$18	$9	49%	22	$5 – $25
17	Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	1	$65	$65	—	—	21	$65 – $65
18	Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka, IN facility · other · outpatient	2	$1.4k	$1.4k	$454	32%	21	$975 – $1.9k
19	Alton Memorial Hospital Alton, IL fee schedule · both	2	$6	$6	$0	8%	20–29	$6 – $6
20	Memorial Hospital Shiloh, IL fee schedule · both	2	$6	$6	$0	8%	18–27	$6 – $6
21	Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO fee schedule · both	2	$6	$6	$0	8%	17–26	$6 – $6
22	Holy Cross Hospital-Silver Spring Silver Spring, MD facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	3	$54	$55	$2	3%	16–160	$53 – $58
23	DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Chandler, AZ fee schedule · outpatient	6	$3	$7	$11	147%	15–51	$3 – $44
24	DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient	7	$5	$9	$13	138%	15–24	$2 – $41
25	Parkland Health Center Farmington, MO fee schedule · both	2	$6	$6	$0	8%	13–22	$6 – $6

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