Antibiotic susceptibility test by agar dilution at Advocate Trinity Hospital

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

SUSCEPTIBILITY, E-TEST, EACH

Chicago, IL

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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $22 is 168% above the median hospital's median price ($8), higher than 75% of the 2,369 hospitals reporting CPT 87181. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87181 at Advocate Trinity Hospital

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	$5	$5	—	—	—	$5 – $5
2	UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$5	$5	—	—	—	$5 – $5
3	Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
4	Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
5	Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
6	Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
7	Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$26	—	—	—	$26 – $26
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$26	$1	4%	—	$25 – $27
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$28	—	—	—	$28 – $28
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$36	$36	—	—	—	$36 – $36
12	MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$40	$40	—	—	—	$40 – $40
13	MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$40	$40	—	—	—	$40 – $40

Last updated: Nov 4, 2025

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