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
$50
Median
$26
High
$6.0k
Each hospital's average Cigna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1765 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 14.6× 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 Cigna 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 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $70 | $63 | $11 | 17% | 84–93 | $45 – $70 |
| 2 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $30 | $30 | — | — | 36–126 | $30 – $30 |
| 3 | Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $40 | $40 | — | — | 35 | $40 – $40 |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $33 | $39 | $12 | 31% | 28 | $29 – $56 |
| 5 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $31 | $37 | $12 | 31% | 28 | $27 – $53 |
| 6 | Cumberland County Hospital System Inc Fayetteville, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $50 | $50 | — | — | 27 | $50 – $50 |
| 7 | VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL CLAREMONT, NH percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $42 | $43 | $6 | 15% | 23–32 | $36 – $55 |
| 8 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $131 | $109 | $31 | 28% | 18–27 | $65 – $131 |
| 9 | Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown Columbus, GA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $104 | $105 | $15 | 14% | 17–35 | $86 – $127 |
| 10 | DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Chandler, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $13 | $12 | $4 | 34% | 16–34 | $6 – $17 |
| 11 | St Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center, LTD Jerome, ID percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $21 | $21 | — | — | 16 | $21 – $21 |
| 12 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $66 | $66 | — | — | 14 | $66 – $66 |
| 13 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $35 | $35 | — | — | 14 | $35 – $35 |
| 14 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $27 | $27 | $8 | 29% | 14 | $19 – $35 |
| 15 | St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $35 | $35 | — | — | 14 | $35 – $35 |
| 16 | St. Charles Redmond Redmond, OR percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $27 | $27 | $8 | 29% | 14 | $19 – $35 |
| 17 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 3 | $6 | $13 | $12 | 93% | 13 | $6 – $33 |
| 18 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 3 | $6 | $13 | $12 | 93% | 13 | $6 – $33 |
| 19 | Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica, GA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $76 | $76 | — | — | 13 | $76 – $76 |
| 20 | Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $45 | $45 | — | — | 12 | $45 – $45 |
| 21 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | 12–120 | $12 – $12 |
| 22 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $67 | $67 | $56 | 84% | 12 | $11 – $124 |
| 23 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $118 | $118 | — | — | 12 | $118 – $118 |
| 24 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA fee schedule · both | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 7–70 | $10 – $10 |
| 25 | Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $60 | $52 | $17 | 33% | 5–50 | $18 – $60 |
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