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 CHROM CULTURE SKIN
Low
$0
Average
$374
Median
$195
High
$5.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $246 | $226 | $57 | 25% | 65–650 | $140 – $289 |
| 2 | Tufts Medical Center BOSTON, MA | $469 | $469 | — | — | 22–40 | $469 – $469 |
| 3 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | $63 | $63 | — | — | 14–140 | $63 – $63 |
| 4 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK | $144 | $157 | $46 | 29% | 11–110 | $125 – $294 |
| 5 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI | $70 | $103 | $47 | 45% | 9–90 | $70 – $169 |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN | $252 | $252 | — | — | 8–80 | $252 – $252 |
| 7 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN | $307 | $325 | $89 | 27% | 5–50 | $132 – $473 |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN | $307 | $325 | $89 | 27% | 5–50 | $132 – $473 |
| 9 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN | $307 | $310 | $80 | 26% | 4–40 | $132 – $407 |
| 10 | Allina Health Systems Faribault, MN | $307 | $310 | $80 | 26% | 4–40 | $132 – $407 |
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