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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HC CULTURE, BACTERIAL, ANY OTHER - THROAT
Irving, TX
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Irving’s median price of $16 is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 45% 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: 9 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 | $7.24 | $7.24 | $7.24 – $7.24 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid/chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.75 | $7.75 | $7.75 – $7.75 |
| 3 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.19 | $8.19 | $8.19 – $8.19 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 5 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.05 | $9.05 | $9.05 – $9.05 |
| 7 | Superior Healthplan medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.05 | $9.05 | $9.05 – $9.05 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.65 | $9.65 | $9.65 – $9.65 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare charter facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.00 | $10.00 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare nexus facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.00 | $10.00 | $10.00 – $10.00 |
| 11 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.34 | $10.34 | $10.34 – $10.34 |
| 12 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - individual facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.82 | $10.82 | $10.82 – $10.82 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial broad facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.00 | $11.00 | $11.00 – $11.00 |
| 14 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 1)/bswh employee facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.77 | $13.77 | $13.77 – $13.77 |
| 15 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $14.22 | $14.22 | $14.22 – $14.22 |
| 16 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 2) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.20 | $16.20 | $16.20 – $16.20 |
| 17 | Ambetter ambetter exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.53 | $18.53 | $18.53 – $18.53 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $21.03 | $21.03 | $21.03 – $21.03 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $29.83 | $29.83 | $29.83 – $29.83 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield city of dallas facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $40.00 | $40.00 | $40.00 – $40.00 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $42.24 | $42.24 | $42.24 – $42.24 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $44.48 | $44.48 | $44.48 – $44.48 |
| 23 | Cigna local plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $140.74 | $124.17 | $28.81 – $140.74 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $157.01 | $138.52 | $32.14 – $157.01 |
| 25 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $165.58 | $146.08 | $33.90 – $165.58 |
Last updated: Jun 29, 2026
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