Special stain smear for microscopic examination 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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RL-A-MICROST 60050B

Folsom, CA

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Dignity Health’s median price of $8 is 36% below the median hospital's median price ($12), higher than 31% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 87207. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87207 at Dignity Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 36 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	Anthem medicare\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
2	Aetna medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare\|ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
5	Humana commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
6	Kaiser medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
7	UnitedHealthcare medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
8	Anthem medicare\|imperial fee schedule · outpatient	$6	$6	—	—	—	$6 – $6
9	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$7	$7	$0	4%	—	$7 – $7
10	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$7	$7	$0	4%	—	$7 – $7
11	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$7	$7	$0	4%	—	$7 – $7
12	UnitedHealthcare medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$8	$7	$0	6%	—	$7 – $8
13	UnitedHealthcare medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$8	$7	$0	6%	—	$7 – $8
14	Molina medicaid\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$14	$12	$3	27%	—	$7 – $14
15	Anthem medicaid\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$15	$12	$3	27%	6–60	$7 – $15
16	Cigna commercial\|localplus fee schedule · outpatient	$13	$13	—	—	—	$13 – $13
17	Cigna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$18	$18	—	—	—	$18 – $18
18	Kaiser medicaid\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$11	$25	$32	129%	—	$3 – $95
19	Aetna commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$25	$16	61%	—	$7 – $41
20	Aetna commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$25	$16	61%	—	$7 – $41
21	Aetna commercial\|ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$25	$16	61%	—	$7 – $41
22	Anthem commercial\|connection epo fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$31	$27	86%	—	$5 – $78
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|aco trio fee schedule · outpatient	$15	$34	$43	129%	—	$4 – $128
24	Anthem commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$28	$39	$33	86%	—	$7 – $98
25	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|aco trio calpers fee schedule · outpatient	$20	$44	$56	129%	—	$5 – $165

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Last updated: Feb 28, 2026

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