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
$28
Median
$6
High
$1.5k
Each hospital's average Humana rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1505 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 10.3× 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 Humana 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 | SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, INC Lexington, KY fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $6 | $9 | $5 | 52% | 66 | $6 – $16 |
| 2 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 45 | $6 – $6 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 28 | $6 – $6 |
| 4 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX other · both | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 15–150 | $6 – $6 |
| 5 | NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER FORT KENT, ME percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $13 | $13 | — | — | 13 | $13 – $13 |
| 6 | GRMC, Inc. Oakland, MD percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $11 | $11 | $5 | 45% | 12–120 | $4 – $17 |
| 7 | Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana dba Terrebonne General Health System Houma, LA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 11 | $6 – $6 |
| 8 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Edmond, OK facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $6 | $6 | $0 | 6% | 8–80 | $5 – $6 |
| 9 | Northern Hospital District of Surry County Mount Airy, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 6–60 | $6 – $6 |
| 10 | St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon, Inc. Buckhannon, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $52 | $65 | $22 | 33% | 4–40 | $52 – $102 |
| 11 | Brookings Health System Brookings, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $41 | $42 | $1 | 3% | 3–30 | $41 – $44 |
| 12 | ST. JOSEPH'S AREA HEALTH SERVICES Park Rapids, MN fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 3–30 | $6 – $6 |
| 13 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $6 | $8 | $2 | 30% | 3–30 | $6 – $11 |
| 14 | Boone Memorial Hospital Madison, WV other · both | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | 2–20 | $10 – $10 |
| 15 | Community Health Association Ripley, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $124 | $124 | — | — | 2–20 | $124 – $124 |
| 16 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $69 | $69 | $17 | 25% | 2–20 | $51 – $86 |
| 17 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 2–20 | $6 – $6 |
| 18 | LAKEWOOD HEALTH CENTER Baudette, MN fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 2–20 | $6 – $6 |
| 19 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Charles., LA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $13 | $13 | $7 | 55% | 2–20 | $6 – $20 |
| 20 | Morrow County Hospital Gilead, OH percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $40 | $40 | $17 | 43% | 2–20 | $23 – $58 |
| 21 | OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL STARKVILLE, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $6 | $6 | — | — | 2–20 | $6 – $6 |
| 22 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $23 | $23 | $17 | 74% | 2–20 | $6 – $40 |
| 23 | ANGEL MEDICAL CENTER Franklin, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $29 | $29 | — | — | 1–10 | $29 – $29 |
| 24 | Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville, SC facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 1–10 | $8 – $8 |
| 25 | BLUE RIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL Spruce Pine, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 1–10 | $17 – $17 |
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