Sputum sample collection using aerosol-induced technique

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC SPUTUM COLLECTION

Payers reporting CPT 89220

Payer pricing summary

Low

$25

Average

$1.1k

Median

$155

High

$23.9k

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	667	$149	$161	$163	101%	—	$1 – $5.0k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	568	$144	$154	$413	268%	—	$0 – $8.4k
3	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	445	$67	$90	$99	110%	—	$5 – $881
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	387	$183	$227	$207	91%	—	$1 – $1.3k
5	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	357	$159	$108	$74	68%	—	$9 – $500
6	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	150	$142	$213	$281	132%	—	$0 – $1.2k
7	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	144	$172	$173	$80	46%	—	$19 – $402
8	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	138	$179	$175	$100	57%	—	$2 – $395
9	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	90	$172	$224	$485	216%	—	$64 – $4.9k
10	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	83	$302	$389	$741	190%	—	$25 – $7.1k
11	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	66	$245	$268	$236	88%	—	$2 – $1.2k
12	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	56	$167	$170	$66	39%	—	$21 – $587
13	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	54	$157	$179	$126	70%	—	$19 – $629
14	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	53	$249	$223	$96	43%	—	$26 – $320
15	Caresource facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	48	$238	$387	$1.2k	305%	—	$9 – $7.9k
16	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	44	$15	$59	$70	118%	—	$11 – $191
17	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	40	$274	$172	$124	72%	—	$24 – $389
18	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	29	$190	$186	$12	7%	—	$154 – $205
19	Amerihealth Caritas fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	26	$13	$26	$47	180%	—	$0 – $194
20	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	25	$216	$216	$43	20%	—	$163 – $283
21	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	24	$178	$166	$82	50%	—	$33 – $347
22	Superior Healthplan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	24	$180	$152	$53	35%	—	$17 – $180
23	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	23	$165	$184	$171	93%	—	$11 – $793
24	Bcbs La fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	21	$55	$88	$78	89%	—	$24 – $377
25	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +14 other terms	21	$19	$36	$51	141%	—	$16 – $219

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