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
87799 DETECTION TEST BY NUCLEIC ACID FOR ORGANISM
Low
$8
Average
$1.6k
Median
$69
High
$3267.2k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
2170 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.9× 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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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $202 | $203 | $1 | 1% | 395–431 | $201 – $204 |
| 2 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $44 | $44 | — | — | 322 | $44 – $44 |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $48 | $48 | $4 | 8% | 283 | $44 – $51 |
| 4 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $572 | $589 | $134 | 23% | 193 | $340 – $784 |
| 5 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 7 | $43 | $47 | $42 | 90% | 177–267 | $18 – $219 |
| 6 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $365 | $350 | $170 | 49% | 151–259 | $121 – $735 |
| 7 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 6 | $237 | $313 | $155 | 49% | 144–189 | $84 – $522 |
| 8 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $72 | $72 | — | — | 141 | $72 – $72 |
| 9 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA per diem · both | 2 | $72 | $72 | $26 | 36% | 140 | $46 – $97 |
| 10 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $48 | $48 | $4 | 8% | 125 | $44 – $51 |
| 11 | Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $150 | $201 | $98 | 49% | 96–195 | $150 – $388 |
| 12 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 4 | $48 | $47 | $4 | 8% | 95–248 | $43 – $51 |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority WI 53718; 1675 Highland Ave Madison, WI percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges | 3 | $439 | $475 | $179 | 38% | 90–162 | $257 – $1.0k |
| 14 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $524 | $524 | — | — | 76–202 | $524 – $524 |
| 15 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER GRENADA, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $44 | $44 | — | — | 75 | $44 – $44 |
| 16 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $48 | $48 | $4 | 8% | 72 | $44 – $51 |
| 17 | METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN fee schedule · both | 12 | $18 | $27 | $11 | 41% | 71–161 | $18 – $43 |
| 18 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $191 | $212 | $48 | 23% | 70 | $187 – $359 |
| 19 | Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $295 | $283 | $63 | 22% | 67–76 | $201 – $354 |
| 20 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $43 | $43 | — | — | 62 | $43 – $43 |
| 21 | CHI ST. LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL CENTER Houston, TX fee schedule · outpatient | 11 | $79 | $103 | $119 | 116% | 58 | $37 – $489 |
| 22 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $43 | $51 | $19 | 37% | 57–570 | $33 – $77 |
| 23 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $48 | $48 | $4 | 8% | 53–62 | $44 – $51 |
| 24 | Progress West Hospital O'Fallon, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $48 | $48 | $4 | 8% | 50–59 | $44 – $51 |
| 25 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $524 | $524 | — | — | 47–173 | $524 – $524 |
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