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
$18
Average
$478
Median
$275
High
$82.3k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1809 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 5.4× 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 Aetna 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 | NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH GOLDEN, CO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $270 | $270 | — | — | 18 | $270 – $270 |
| 2 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.5k | $1.0k | $664 | 66% | 11 | $24 – $1.5k |
| 3 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $246 | $432 | $477 | 110% | 10–100 | $75 – $3.2k |
| 4 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $260 | $471 | $320 | 68% | 3–30 | $231 – $976 |
| 5 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $795 | $795 | $56 | 7% | 2–20 | $738 – $851 |
| 6 | Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $484 | $484 | $44 | 9% | 2–20 | $440 – $528 |
| 7 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $447 | $447 | $90 | 20% | 2–20 | $357 – $537 |
| 8 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $447 | $447 | $90 | 20% | 2–20 | $357 – $537 |
| 9 | DIGNITY HEALTH Santa Cruz, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $198 | $198 | — | — | 1–10 | $198 – $198 |
| 10 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $431 | $431 | — | — | 1–10 | $431 – $431 |
| 11 | Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana dba Terrebonne General Health System Houma, LA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $80 | $80 | — | — | 1–10 | $80 – $80 |
| 12 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $156 | $156 | $5 | 3% | 1–10 | $151 – $162 |
| 13 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $738 | $738 | — | — | 1–10 | $738 – $738 |
| 14 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $624 | $624 | — | — | 1–10 | $624 – $624 |
| 15 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $82.3k | $82.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $82.3k – $82.3k |
| 16 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $69.5k | $69.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $69.5k – $69.5k |
| 17 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $173 | $173 | $33 | 19% | — | $141 – $206 |
| 18 | ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL INC Clearlake, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $144 | $144 | $34 | 24% | — | $110 – $178 |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $926 | $926 | — | — | — | $926 – $926 |
| 20 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $831 | $831 | — | — | — | $831 – $831 |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 22 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $685 | $685 | — | — | — | $685 – $685 |
| 23 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $685 | $685 | — | — | — | $685 – $685 |
| 24 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $332 | $332 | $191 | 58% | — | $141 – $524 |
| 25 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $1 | $1 | $0 | 8% | — | $1 – $1 |
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