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
TISSUE CULTURE; TUMOR
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $671 is 264% above the median hospital's median price ($184), higher than 92% of the 1,825 hospitals reporting CPT 88239. 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 | $148 | $148 | — | — | — | $148 – $148 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $148 | $148 | — | — | — | $148 – $148 |
| 3 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $214 | $214 | — | — | — | $214 – $214 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $214 | $214 | — | — | — | $214 – $214 |
| 5 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $221 | $221 | — | — | — | $221 – $221 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $671 | $671 | — | — | — | $671 – $671 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $739 | $739 | $29 | 4% | — | $710 – $768 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $800 | $800 | — | — | — | $800 – $800 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $809 | $809 | — | — | — | $809 – $809 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 12 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 13 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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