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
Low
$0
Average
$30
Median
$13
High
$571
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $6 | $10 | $4 | 43% | 619–628 | $5 – $23 |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb, IL | $7 | $7 | — | — | 378 | $7 – $129 |
| 3 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $6 | $15 | $17 | 114% | 198–234 | $6 – $52 |
| 4 | Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana dba Terrebonne General Health System Houma, LA | $6 | $8 | $4 | 49% | 164–218 | $6 – $31 |
| 5 | Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica, GA | $6 | $6 | $0 | 8% | 131 | $5 – $7 |
| 6 | East Georgia Regional Medical Center LLC Statesboro, GA | $6 | $8 | $2 | 29% | 100–118 | $5 – $224 |
| 7 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $14 | $17 | $11 | 62% | 77–536 | $6 – $124 |
| 8 | Northfield Hospital Northfield, MN | $6 | $6 | — | — | 76 | $6 – $57 |
| 9 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $6 | $6 | $0 | 1% | 69–114 | $6 – $85 |
| 10 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA | $6 | $18 | $35 | 196% | 65–92 | $5 – $120 |
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