Viral culture from tissue sample at Dignity Health

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

RL-A-V VIC R 2006497A

Bakersfield, CA

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Dignity Health’s median price of $31 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($42), higher than 35% of the 2,424 hospitals reporting CPT 87252. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87252 at Dignity Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 30 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	Aetna medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$25	$2	7%	—	$21 – $26
2	Anthem medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$25	$2	7%	—	$21 – $26
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$25	$2	7%	—	$21 – $26
4	Humana medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$25	$2	7%	—	$21 – $26
5	Kaiser medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$25	$2	7%	—	$21 – $26
6	UnitedHealthcare medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$25	$2	7%	—	$21 – $26
7	Anthem medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	12%	—	$21 – $31
8	Anthem medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	12%	—	$21 – $31
9	Kaiser medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	12%	—	$21 – $31
10	Kaiser medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	12%	—	$21 – $31
11	Molina medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	12%	—	$21 – $31
12	Molina medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	12%	—	$21 – $31
13	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	13%	—	$21 – $31
14	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	13%	—	$21 – $31
15	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	13%	—	$21 – $31
16	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$29	$4	13%	—	$21 – $31
17	Anthem commercial\|exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$35	$23	67%	—	$13 – $84
18	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|exchange fee schedule · outpatient	$29	$35	$24	67%	—	$13 – $85
19	First Health commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$32	$39	$26	67%	—	$15 – $93
20	First Health commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$32	$39	$26	67%	—	$15 – $93
21	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$36	$44	$29	67%	—	$17 – $106
22	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$36	$44	$29	67%	—	$17 – $106
23	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$36	$44	$29	67%	—	$17 – $106
24	Anthem commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$39	$47	$32	67%	—	$18 – $114
25	Aetna commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$45	$55	$37	67%	—	$21 – $133

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Last updated: Feb 28, 2026

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