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 TYPING GLC/HPLC
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $21 is 61% above the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 76% of the 1,495 hospitals reporting CPT 87143. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 9 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 | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 3 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 5 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $57 | $57 | — | — | — | $57 – $57 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $64 | $64 | $3 | 4% | — | $62 – $67 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $68 | $68 | — | — | — | $68 – $68 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $71 | $71 | — | — | — | $71 – $71 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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