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
LAB CULT TYPING ID SEQ NUC ACID NS
Tucson, AZ
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Banner University Med Center South’s median price of $156 is 13% above the median hospital's median price ($138), higher than 56% of the 2,015 hospitals reporting CPT 87153. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 2, 2026
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