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 TYPING GLC/HPLC
Boulder, CO
See all hospitals reporting CPT 87143 →Price type
Boulder Community Health’s median price of $13 is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 30% of the 1,495 hospitals reporting CPT 87143. 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, 22 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.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $5 | $5 | — | — | — | $5 – $5 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $9 | $9 | $4 | 41% | — | $5 – $13 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 6 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 7 | Anthem commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 8 | Anthem managed care professional · fee schedule · both | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 10 | Humana medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 12 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $13 | $13 | $0 | 1% | — | $13 – $13 |
| 13 | Devoted medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $14 | $14 | $4 | 31% | — | $10 – $18 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $14 | $14 | — | — | — | $14 – $14 |
| 16 | Anthem managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $14 | $14 | — | — | — | $14 – $14 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 18 | Anthem commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $14 | $17 | $8 | 49% | — | $12 – $36 |
| 19 | MultiPlan commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 20 | Phcs commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 21 | Kaiser commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $27 | $27 | $3 | 12% | — | $24 – $31 |
| 22 | Kaiser managed care facility · case rate · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
Last updated: Sep 16, 2026
See Bacterial culture identification by chromatography pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.