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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O&P TRICHROME STAIN R1
Arlington, TX
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AMH Cath Labs LLC’s median price of $31 is 17% above the median hospital's median price ($26), higher than 58% of the 2,507 hospitals reporting CPT 87209. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 31 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 4 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 5 | Aetna managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payer fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 10 | Humana medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 11 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 13 | WellCare medicare advantage mmp case rate · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $25 | $25 | — | — | — | $25 – $25 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $36 | $36 | — | — | — | $36 – $36 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $40 | $40 | — | — | — | $40 – $40 |
| 19 | Aetna whole health fee schedule · outpatient | $60 | $60 | — | — | — | $60 – $60 |
| 20 | Cigna oap/hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 21 | Cigna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 22 | Phcs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $45 | $76 | $55 | 72% | — | $30 – $154 |
| 23 | Aetna asa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $46 | $77 | $56 | 72% | — | $30 – $155 |
| 24 | Aetna coventry percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $46 | $77 | $56 | 72% | — | $30 – $155 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $80 | $80 | — | — | — | $80 – $80 |
Last updated: Apr 21, 2026
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