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,PRESUMP,PATHOGENIC ORG,SCREEN - GROUP A STREP
Frisco, TX
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Centennial’s median price of $13 is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 47% 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: 10 payers, 28 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 | Superior Healthplan medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.57 | $5.57 | $5.57 – $5.57 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid/chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.96 | $5.96 | $5.96 – $5.96 |
| 3 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.30 | $6.30 | $6.30 – $6.30 |
| 4 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.96 | $6.96 | $6.96 – $6.96 |
| 6 | Molina medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.96 | $6.96 | $6.96 – $6.96 |
| 7 | Superior Healthplan medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.96 | $6.96 | $6.96 – $6.96 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.43 | $7.43 | $7.43 – $7.43 |
| 9 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.96 | $7.96 | $7.96 – $7.96 |
| 10 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - individual facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.32 | $8.32 | $8.32 – $8.32 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare charter facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.00 | $10.00 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare nexus facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.00 | $10.00 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| 13 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 1)/bswh employee facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.71 | $10.71 | $10.71 – $10.71 |
| 14 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.94 | $10.94 | $10.94 – $10.94 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial broad facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.00 | $11.00 | $11.00 – $11.00 |
| 16 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 2) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.60 | $12.60 | $12.60 – $12.60 |
| 17 | Ambetter ambetter exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $14.25 | $14.25 | $14.25 – $14.25 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $24.13 | $24.13 | $24.13 – $24.13 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $34.14 | $34.14 | $34.14 – $34.14 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield city of dallas facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $45.88 | $45.88 | $45.88 – $45.88 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $48.47 | $48.47 | $48.47 – $48.47 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $50.98 | $50.98 | $50.98 – $50.98 |
| 23 | Cigna local plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $88.55 | $82.36 | $57.62 – $88.55 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $98.79 | $91.89 | $64.28 – $98.79 |
| 25 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $104.17 | $96.89 | $67.79 – $104.17 |
Last updated: Jun 29, 2026
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