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HC BACTERIA CULTURE SCREEN - ACANTHAMOEBA CULTURE
San Antonio, TX
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Bexar County Hospital District’s median price of $10 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 39% 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: 11 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 | First Health managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $5.57 | $5.57 | $5.57 – $5.57 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $5.57 | $5.57 | $5.57 – $5.57 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $5.74 | $5.74 | $5.74 – $5.74 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $5.85 | $5.85 | $5.57 – $6.13 |
| 5 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $5.90 | $5.90 | $5.90 – $5.90 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 7 | First Health medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 8 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 9 | MultiPlan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 10 | Superior Healthplan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 12 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid and chip fee schedule · outpatient | $6.68 | $6.68 | $6.68 – $6.68 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.76 | $6.76 | $6.76 – $6.76 |
| 14 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 15 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 16 | Molina commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $10.61 | $10.61 | $10.61 – $10.61 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $33.00 | $33.00 | $33.00 – $33.00 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $34.80 | $34.96 | $32.40 – $38.00 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.28 | $38.46 | $35.64 – $41.80 |
| 20 | Aetna exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $48.00 | $48.00 | $48.00 – $48.00 |
| 21 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $49.59 | $49.82 | $46.17 – $54.15 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $51.00 | $51.00 | $51.00 – $51.00 |
| 23 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $55.43 | $55.50 | $46.17 – $66.50 |
| 24 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $56.55 | $56.81 | $52.65 – $61.75 |
| 25 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $56.55 | $56.81 | $52.65 – $61.75 |
Last updated: Oct 14, 2025
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