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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Culture Respiratory-CF
Orange, CA
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Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit’s median price of $121 is 522% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 86% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 87070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 31 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 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california medi-cal/caloptima/healthy families facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 2 | Medicare medicare** facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-triwest-tricare programs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.73 | $9.73 | $9.73 – $9.73 |
| 4 | Molina molina medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.91 | $9.91 | $9.91 – $9.91 |
| 5 | Kaiser medi-cal kaiser facility · other · outpatient | $12.93 | $12.93 | $12.93 – $12.93 |
| 6 | Bcbs Ca blue cross/vivity/pih-presbyterian health/hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $22.20 | $22.20 | $22.20 – $22.20 |
| 7 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california hmo/pos/ppo** facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $29.39 | $29.39 | $29.39 – $29.39 |
| 8 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california select ppo out net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $37.86 | $37.86 | $37.86 – $37.86 |
| 9 | Oscar oscar health plan ppo epo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.50 | $38.50 | $38.50 – $38.50 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california hmo/pos in net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39.85 | $39.85 | $39.85 – $39.85 |
| 11 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california ppo/pos out net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39.85 | $39.85 | $39.85 – $39.85 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna us healthcare hmo/pos in net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $102.92 | $102.92 | $102.92 – $102.92 |
| 13 | Aetna aetna us healthcare ppo/pos out net facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $102.92 | $102.92 | $102.92 – $102.92 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna epo/ppo facility · other · outpatient | $276.78 | $215.52 | $31.67 – $426.87 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna healthcare of california hmo/pos in net facility · other · outpatient | $276.78 | $215.52 | $31.67 – $426.87 |
| 16 | Oscar oscar health plan ppo epo facility · other · outpatient | $343.75 | $275.60 | $37.95 – $511.50 |
| 17 | Bcbs Ca blue shield of california uc care ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $356.98 | $277.01 | $40.85 – $550.56 |
| 18 | Kaiser kaiser foundation hospitals hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $361.80 | $280.75 | $41.40 – $558.00 |
| 19 | Magellan magellan health services hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $361.80 | $280.75 | $41.40 – $558.00 |
| 20 | Magellan magellan health services ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $361.80 | $280.75 | $41.40 – $558.00 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield exchange/covered ca/ppo facility · per diem · outpatient | $418.48 | $324.74 | $47.89 – $645.42 |
| 22 | Bcbs Ca blue shield of california hmo/pos/ppo** facility · per diem · outpatient | $433.56 | $336.44 | $49.61 – $668.67 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield calpers ppo facility · per diem · outpatient | $433.56 | $336.44 | $49.61 – $668.67 |
| 24 | First Health first health affordable epo/ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $440.19 | $341.58 | $50.37 – $678.90 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna behavioral health (evernorth behavioral health inc) hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $482.40 | $374.34 | $55.20 – $744.00 |
Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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