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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HC - BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION
Elizabethtown, NY
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Elizabethtown Community Hospital’s median price of $102 is 543% above the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 94% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 87077. 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 | $7.68 | $7.68 | $7.68 – $7.68 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $49.78 | $73.21 | $49.78 – $120.08 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $49.78 | $73.21 | $49.78 – $120.08 |
| 4 | Excellus medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $49.78 | $73.21 | $49.78 – $120.08 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $49.78 | $73.21 | $49.78 – $120.08 |
| 6 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $52.40 | $77.07 | $52.40 – $126.40 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $77.29 | $113.67 | $77.29 – $186.44 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $79.65 | $117.14 | $79.65 – $192.13 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos/epo/ppo/ind facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $81.22 | $119.45 | $81.22 – $195.92 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $85.15 | $125.23 | $85.15 – $205.40 |
| 11 | Excellus commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $98.46 | $144.81 | $98.46 – $237.51 |
| 12 | Highmark ind/fep/ppo/hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $106.77 | $157.03 | $106.77 – $257.54 |
| 13 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $117.90 | $173.40 | $117.90 – $284.40 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $120.65 | $177.45 | $120.65 – $291.04 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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