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
HC - BACT CULT-ROUTINE
Elizabethtown, NY
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Elizabethtown Community Hospital’s median price of $131 is 573% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 87% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 87070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 14 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 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.19 | $8.19 | $8.19 – $8.19 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $87.02 | $87.02 | $87.02 – $87.02 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $87.02 | $87.02 | $87.02 – $87.02 |
| 4 | Excellus medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $87.02 | $87.02 | $87.02 – $87.02 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $87.02 | $87.02 | $87.02 – $87.02 |
| 6 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $91.60 | $91.60 | $91.60 – $91.60 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $135.11 | $135.11 | $135.11 – $135.11 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $139.23 | $139.23 | $139.23 – $139.23 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos/epo/ppo/ind facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $141.98 | $141.98 | $141.98 – $141.98 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $148.85 | $148.85 | $148.85 – $148.85 |
| 11 | Excellus commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $172.12 | $172.12 | $172.12 – $172.12 |
| 12 | Highmark ind/fep/ppo/hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $186.63 | $186.63 | $186.63 – $186.63 |
| 13 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $206.10 | $206.10 | $206.10 – $206.10 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $210.91 | $210.91 | $210.91 – $210.91 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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