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 LAB CULT-AEROBE ID ADDL
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $15 is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 49% 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: 10 payers, 41 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $6.93 | $6.93 | $6.93 – $6.93 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip fee schedule · outpatient | $6.93 | $6.93 | $6.93 – $6.93 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $6.93 | $6.93 | $6.93 – $6.93 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $7.13 | $7.13 | $7.13 – $7.13 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 8 | Humana medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 9 | Humana medicare|transplant fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.16 | $8.16 | $8.16 – $8.16 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.24 | $8.24 | $8.24 – $8.24 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.24 | $8.24 | $8.24 – $8.24 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star fee schedule · outpatient | $9.30 | $9.30 | $9.30 – $9.30 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $9.70 | $9.70 | $9.70 – $9.70 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $11.23 | $11.23 | $11.23 – $11.23 |
| 16 | Superior Healthplan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $12.12 | $12.12 | $12.12 – $12.12 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $12.44 | $12.44 | $12.44 – $12.44 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter fee schedule · outpatient | $14.96 | $14.96 | $14.96 – $14.96 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $14.96 | $14.96 | $14.96 – $14.96 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $14.96 | $14.96 | $14.96 – $14.96 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $14.96 | $14.96 | $14.96 – $14.96 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial|surefit fee schedule · outpatient | $19.00 | $19.00 | $19.00 – $19.00 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $20.97 | $20.97 | $20.97 – $20.97 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $21.18 | $21.18 | $21.18 – $21.18 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|premier fee schedule · outpatient | $23.35 | $23.35 | $23.35 – $23.35 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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