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
Complex Special Stain O/P Trich/Iro
Northampton, MA
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Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s median price of $106 is 308% above the median hospital's median price ($26), higher than 92% of the 2,507 hospitals reporting CPT 87209. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 2 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 | Cigna hb cdh cigna percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $105 | $105 | — | — | 20 | $105 – $105 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hb cdh united percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $108 | $108 | — | — | 17 | $108 – $108 |
Last updated: Mar 27, 2026
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