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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DEF CULTURE / URINE
Kittanning, PA
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Armstrong County Memorial Hospital’s median price of $10 is 35% below the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 30% of the 2,561 hospitals reporting CPT 87086. 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, 21 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 | Highmark highmark mcr freedom blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.28 | $7.28 | $7.28 – $7.28 |
| 2 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.49 | $7.49 | $7.49 – $7.49 |
| 3 | Highmark highmark mcr community/complete blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.51 | $7.51 | $7.51 – $7.51 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.91 | $7.91 | $7.91 – $7.91 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.91 | $7.91 | $7.91 – $7.91 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.00 | $8.00 | $8.00 – $8.00 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark wholecare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare va ccn optum facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark mcr security blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.53 | $8.53 | $8.53 – $8.53 |
| 11 | Highmark highmark chip / social mission facility · other · outpatient | $9.75 | $9.75 | $9.75 – $9.75 |
| 12 | Highmark highmark aca / my direct blue / my blue access ppo facility · other · outpatient | $18.90 | $18.90 | $18.90 – $18.90 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark comm community blue facility · other · outpatient | $19.26 | $19.26 | $19.26 – $19.26 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare united facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $20.18 | $20.18 | $20.18 – $20.18 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark comm managed/indemnity facility · other · outpatient | $20.54 | $20.54 | $20.54 – $20.54 |
| 16 | Aetna aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $25.66 | $25.66 | $25.66 – $25.66 |
| 17 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $50.76 | $50.76 | $50.76 – $50.76 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $84.60 | $84.60 | $84.60 – $84.60 |
| 19 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $84.60 | $84.60 | $84.60 – $84.60 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $84.60 | $84.60 | $84.60 – $84.60 |
| 21 | Highmark highmark mcr snf episodic bundle facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $94.00 | $94.00 | $94.00 – $94.00 |
Last updated: Mar 2, 2026
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