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
SJM-CULT CATHETER TIP
Bakersfield, CA
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital’s median price of $11 is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 28% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 87070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 30 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|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 2 | Anthem medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 4 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 5 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 7 | Anthem medicare|burn fee schedule · outpatient | $9.48 | $9.48 | $9.48 – $9.48 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $10.34 | $10.34 | $10.34 – $10.34 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $10.34 | $10.34 | $10.34 – $10.34 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $10.34 | $10.34 | $10.34 – $10.34 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $10.34 | $10.34 | $10.34 – $10.34 |
| 12 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $10.77 | $10.77 | $10.77 – $10.77 |
| 13 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $10.77 | $10.77 | $10.77 – $10.77 |
| 14 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $10.77 | $10.77 | $10.77 – $10.77 |
| 15 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $11.72 | $11.72 | $11.72 – $11.72 |
| 16 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $14.88 | $14.88 | $14.88 – $14.88 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $24.76 | $24.76 | $24.76 – $24.76 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $24.76 | $24.76 | $24.76 – $24.76 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $39.86 | $35.19 | $20.57 – $44.41 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $41.55 | $36.88 | $20.57 – $47.79 |
| 21 | Anthem commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $58.58 | $55.17 | $15.02 – $91.38 |
| 22 | Anthem commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $68.11 | $64.14 | $17.49 – $106.20 |
| 23 | Anthem commercial|mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $89.35 | $84.68 | $20.57 – $143.39 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $75.51 | $123.82 | $13.38 – $391.95 |
| 25 | Anthem commercial|premertiered fee schedule · outpatient | $76.67 | $125.72 | $13.58 – $397.98 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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