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
RL-LB-AFB CULTURE PROB ID
Long Beach, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $31 is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($32), higher than 39% of the 1,563 hospitals reporting CPT 87797. 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, 32 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 3 | Anthem commercial|exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|blueshield promise fee schedule · outpatient | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 5 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 6 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 7 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 8 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 9 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
| 10 | Anthem commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 11 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 13 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 14 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 15 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 16 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 21 | Anthem commercial|mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 22 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | — | — | — | $34 – $34 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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