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
SMEAR FOR INFECTIOUS AGENTS
Based on 18,154–45,865 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$4
Average
$44
Median
$23
High
$2.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $12 | $12 | $6 | 49% | 1,856–1,883 | $5 – $23 |
| 2 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $6 | $17 | $22 | 134% | 1,265–1,436 | $4 – $72 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $31 | $34 | $25 | 72% | 731–785 | $6 – $85 |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $27 | $30 | $24 | 79% | 558–567 | $6 – $80 |
| 5 | Dignity Community Care Los Angeles, CA | $7 | $32 | $45 | 140% | 540–594 | $5 – $145 |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $86 | $74 | $43 | 58% | 380–398 | $7 – $129 |
| 7 | Saint Joseph Health System, Inc Lexington, KY | $6 | $28 | $32 | 115% | 338–365 | $3 – $93 |
| 8 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA | $10 | $10 | — | — | 307–3,070 | $10 – $10 |
| 9 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Falls, MT | $50 | $35 | $24 | 68% | 306–333 | $5 – $60 |
| 10 | Cumberland County Hospital System Inc Fayetteville, NC | $6 | $16 | $23 | 142% | 303–330 | $6 – $91 |
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