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
Culture, bacterial; aerobic isolate, additional methods required for definitive identification, each isolate
Spruce Pine, NC
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Blue Ridge Regional Hospital’s median price of $9 is 40% below the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 28% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 87077. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 5 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 | Devoted mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.44 | $3.44 | $3.44 – $3.44 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare vaccn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.33 | $8.33 | $8.33 – $8.33 |
| 3 | WellCare mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.51 | $8.51 | $8.51 – $8.51 |
| 4 | Aetna mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $17.85 | $17.85 | $17.85 – $17.85 |
| 5 | Humana mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $40.21 | $40.21 | $40.21 – $40.21 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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