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
HC CULTURE- PRESUMPTIVE PATHOG SCREEN
Ontario, OH
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Avita Ontario Hospital’s median price of $53 is 282% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 78% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. 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, 27 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 | Aetna medicare_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $24.15 | $24.15 | $24.15 – $24.15 |
| 2 | Anthem medicare_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $24.15 | $24.15 | $24.15 – $24.15 |
| 3 | Humana medicare_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $24.15 | $24.15 | $24.15 – $24.15 |
| 4 | Molina medicare_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $24.15 | $24.15 | $24.15 – $24.15 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $24.15 | $24.15 | $24.15 – $24.15 |
| 6 | Medical Mutual medicare_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $24.63 | $24.63 | $24.63 – $24.63 |
| 7 | Caresource medicaid_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $28.09 | $28.09 | $28.09 – $28.09 |
| 8 | Molina medicaid_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $28.09 | $28.09 | $28.09 – $28.09 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $28.09 | $28.09 | $28.09 – $28.09 |
| 10 | Anthem medicaid_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $28.93 | $28.93 | $28.93 – $28.93 |
| 11 | Humana medicaid_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $30.38 | $30.38 | $30.38 – $30.38 |
| 12 | Molina marketplace_outpatient percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $52.74 | $52.74 | $52.74 – $52.74 |
| 13 | Medical Mutual commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $61.00 | $61.00 | $61.00 – $61.00 |
| 14 | Anthem traditional_blue_access_blue_preferred percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $62.32 | $62.32 | $62.32 – $62.32 |
| 15 | Anthem blue_access_i-ii_enhanced_choice_pathway_x percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $62.83 | $62.83 | $62.83 – $62.83 |
| 16 | Anthem pathway_group_hmo_pathway_x percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $68.29 | $68.29 | $68.29 – $68.29 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $80.24 | $80.24 | $80.24 – $80.24 |
| 18 | Aetna all_commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $87.55 | $87.55 | $87.55 – $87.55 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $87.55 | $87.55 | $87.55 – $87.55 |
| 20 | Anthem blue_access_blue_preferred percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $904.70 | $904.70 | $904.70 – $904.70 |
| 21 | Anthem medicare_inpatient per diem · both | $3,518 | $3,518 | $3,518 – $3,518 |
| 22 | Humana medicare_inpatient per diem · both | $3,518 | $3,518 | $3,518 – $3,518 |
| 23 | Molina medicare_inpatient per diem · both | $3,518 | $3,518 | $3,518 – $3,518 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_inpatient per diem · both | $3,518 | $3,518 | $3,518 – $3,518 |
| 25 | Aetna medicare_inpatient per diem · both | $3,588 | $3,588 | $3,588 – $3,588 |
Last updated: Mar 23, 2026
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