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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Culture typing glc/hplc
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $13 is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($13), higher than 30% of the 1,495 hospitals reporting CPT 87143. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 17 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 blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 5 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 10 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 11 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 13 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 14 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 15 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 16 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $23 | $23 | — | — | — | $23 – $23 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $27 | $27 | — | — | — | $27 – $27 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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