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
$1
Average
$39
Median
$17
High
$3.9k
Each hospital's average Anthem rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
578 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 12.9× 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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1,104 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Anthem 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 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Albany, IN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 254 | $15 – $15 |
| 2 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Lexington, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $4 | $5 | $1 | 32% | 219–228 | $3 – $6 |
| 3 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC. Louisville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 93 | $15 – $15 |
| 4 | Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica, GA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $73 | $69 | $8 | 11% | 93 | $58 – $76 |
| 5 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $73 | $69 | $8 | 11% | 71 | $58 – $76 |
| 6 | Fairfield Medical Center 401 N Ewing St facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $25.9k | $26.0k | $165 | 1% | 63–72 | $25.9k – $26.3k |
| 7 | NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH GOLDEN, CO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $36 | $36 | — | — | 36 | $36 – $36 |
| 8 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Richmond, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 29 | $15 – $15 |
| 9 | BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 7 | $45 | $34 | $25 | 74% | 27–36 | $6 – $71 |
| 10 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 22 | $15 – $15 |
| 11 | DIGNITY HEALTH Santa Maria, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $19 | $15 | $7 | 45% | 21 | $6 – $22 |
| 12 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Paducah, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 20 | $15 – $15 |
| 13 | St Josephs Community Hospital of West Bend Inc West Bend, WI other · inpatient | 3 | $8 | $14 | $11 | 75% | 19–37 | $6 – $29 |
| 14 | Yampa Valley Medical Center Steamboat Springs, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $28 | $28 | $4 | 16% | 16–43 | $18 – $34 |
| 15 | DIGNITY HEALTH Redding, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $9 | $15 | $10 | 66% | 14–41 | $6 – $32 |
| 16 | DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Los Angeles, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $34 | $32 | $23 | 72% | 12 | $6 – $63 |
| 17 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $12 | $12 | $1 | 8% | 12–120 | $11 – $13 |
| 18 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Lexington, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 11 | $15 – $15 |
| 19 | Higgins General Hospital Bremen, GA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $58 | $64 | $8 | 13% | 9–90 | $58 – $76 |
| 20 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 3 | $8 | $7 | $1 | 10% | 6–60 | $6 – $8 |
| 21 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $13 | $13 | — | — | 6–60 | $13 – $13 |
| 22 | DIGNITY HEALTH Merced, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $26 | $36 | $34 | 93% | 4–40 | $6 – $95 |
| 23 | Hospital Authority of Miller County Colquitt, GA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $19 | $20 | $7 | 34% | 4–40 | $12 – $32 |
| 24 | NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER FORT KENT, ME fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $23 | $23 | — | — | 4–40 | $23 – $23 |
| 25 | SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL-MINERS HOSPITAL Grass Valley, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $46 | $36 | $25 | 69% | 4–40 | $6 – $66 |
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