Bacterial culture screening test at Columbia Memorial Hospital

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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Original text from hospital filings

CHG CUL PRSMPTV PTHGNC ORGANISM SCRN W/COLONY ESTIMJ

Hudson, NY

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Columbia Memorial Hospital’s median price of $10 is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 36% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87081 at Columbia Memorial Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 49 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 all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.78	$2.78	$2.78 – $2.78
2	UnitedHealthcare all products_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.78	$2.78	$2.78 – $2.78
3	UnitedHealthcare medicaid_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.78	$2.78	$2.78 – $2.78
4	UnitedHealthcare medicaid_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.78	$2.78	$2.78 – $2.78
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.78	$2.78	$2.78 – $2.78
6	UnitedHealthcare medicare_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.78	$2.78	$2.78 – $2.78
7	UnitedHealthcare all products_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.98	$2.98	$2.98 – $2.98
8	UnitedHealthcare all products_md_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.98	$2.98	$2.98 – $2.98
9	UnitedHealthcare all products_nonmd_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.98	$2.98	$2.98 – $2.98
10	UnitedHealthcare all products_nonmd_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$2.98	$2.98	$2.98 – $2.98
11	Highmark medicare_loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$4.31	$4.31	$4.31 – $4.31
12	Highmark medicare_without loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$4.31	$4.31	$4.31 – $4.31
13	Highmark all products_loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$4.41	$4.41	$4.41 – $4.41
14	Highmark all products_without loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$4.41	$4.41	$4.41 – $4.41
15	Aetna medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
17	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
18	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
19	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
21	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
22	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63
25	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient	$6.63	$6.63	$6.63 – $6.63

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Last updated: Dec 31, 2025

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