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 ST REF LAB CULTURE/TUBERCLE/OTH ACID-FAST BACILLI ANY ISOL ID
Boston, MA
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Boston Children's Hospital’s median price of $136 is 599% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 92% of the 2,466 hospitals reporting CPT 87116. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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