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
CULTURE, H PYLORI
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $37 is 165% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 69% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $9.61 | $9.61 | $9.61 – $9.61 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $9.61 | $9.61 | $9.61 – $9.61 |
| 5 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $9.95 | $9.95 | $9.95 – $9.95 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $29.76 | $29.76 | $29.76 – $29.76 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $35.90 | $35.90 | $35.90 – $35.90 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $38.69 | $38.69 | $37.17 – $40.20 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $42.31 | $42.31 | $42.31 – $42.31 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $151.58 | $151.58 | $102.23 – $200.93 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $154.37 | $154.37 | $104.11 – $204.63 |
| 12 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $172.00 | $172.00 | $116.00 – $228.00 |
| 13 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $172.00 | $172.00 | $116.00 – $228.00 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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