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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Aerobic Culture+Gram Stain MB LC
Astoria, OR
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Columbia Lutheran Charities’s median price of $118 is 510% 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: 9 payers, 14 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 | Molina molina ma - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $47.88 | $51.01 | $47.88 – $90.36 |
| 2 | Tricare military facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $47.88 | $51.01 | $47.88 – $90.36 |
| 3 | Regence medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $47.88 | $51.15 | $47.88 – $90.36 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $47.88 | $51.25 | $47.88 – $90.36 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $49.21 | $52.42 | $49.21 – $92.87 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $50.27 | $53.55 | $50.27 – $94.88 |
| 7 | Molina medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $59.68 | $63.58 | $59.68 – $112.62 |
| 8 | Regence commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $118.37 | $126.46 | $118.37 – $223.39 |
| 9 | First Health first health/coventry - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $119.70 | $127.51 | $119.70 – $225.90 |
| 10 | Premera bc premera lifewise - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $126.35 | $134.60 | $126.35 – $238.45 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $126.35 | $135.24 | $126.35 – $238.45 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $127.68 | $136.01 | $127.68 – $240.96 |
| 13 | MultiPlan multiplan - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $127.68 | $136.01 | $127.68 – $240.96 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $127.68 | $136.41 | $127.68 – $240.96 |
Last updated: Jan 5, 2026
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