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
HC OPTICAL STREP
Low
$2
Average
$86
Median
$17
High
$11.0k
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194 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 2.3× 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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232 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medicare 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 | VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL CLAREMONT, NH percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $20 | $21 | $2 | 10% | 81–117 | $20 – $25 |
| 2 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 74 | $17 – $17 |
| 3 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $100 | $100 | — | — | 33 | $100 – $100 |
| 4 | Lompoc Valley Medical Center Lompoc, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 18 | $17 – $17 |
| 5 | OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL STARKVILLE, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 14 | $17 – $17 |
| 6 | Public Hospital District No 4 King County WA Snoqualmie, WA other · both | 1 | $62 | $62 | — | — | 14 | $62 – $62 |
| 7 | Mercy Hospital Waldron Waldron, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $13 | $13 | — | — | 13 | $13 – $13 |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Booneville Booneville, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 11 | $17 – $17 |
| 9 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA fee schedule · both | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 2–20 | $17 – $17 |
| 10 | MELROSEWAKEFIELD HEALTHCARE Medford, MA other · both | 1 | $66 | $66 | — | — | 2–20 | $66 – $66 |
| 11 | Mercy Hospital Berryville Berryville, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $32 | $32 | $1 | 2% | 2–20 | $31 – $32 |
| 12 | Mercy Hospital Paris Paris, AR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $15 | $15 | — | — | 2–20 | $15 – $15 |
| 13 | Mercy Perry Perryville, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $28 | $28 | — | — | 2–20 | $28 – $28 |
| 14 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 2–20 | $17 – $17 |
| 15 | Benefis Community Hospitals, Inc Choteau, MT percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $116 | $116 | — | — | 1–10 | $116 – $116 |
| 16 | Benefis Teton Medical Center Choteau, MT percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $64 | $64 | — | — | 1–10 | $64 – $64 |
| 17 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INIATIVES COLORADO Westminster, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $127 | $127 | — | — | 1–10 | $127 – $127 |
| 18 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $158 | $158 | — | — | 1–10 | $158 – $158 |
| 19 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $23 | $23 | — | — | 1–10 | $23 – $23 |
| 20 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $22 | $22 | — | — | 1–10 | $22 – $22 |
| 21 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Layton, UT other · inpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | 1–10 | $17 – $17 |
| 22 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Frisco, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $125 | $125 | — | — | 1–10 | $125 – $125 |
| 23 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Lakewood, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $70 | $70 | — | — | 1–10 | $70 – $70 |
| 24 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Colorado Springs, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $53 | $53 | — | — | 1–10 | $53 – $53 |
| 25 | CLEVELAND AREA HOSPITAL CLEVELAND, OK other · outpatient | 1 | $38 | $38 | — | — | 1–10 | $38 – $38 |
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