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
Special stains group 1
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $64 is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($90), higher than 28% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 88312. 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 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $49 | $49 | — | — | — | $49 – $49 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $49 | $49 | — | — | — | $49 – $49 |
| 3 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $52 | $52 | — | — | — | $52 – $52 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $53 | $53 | — | — | — | $53 – $53 |
| 6 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $54 | $54 | — | — | — | $54 – $54 |
| 7 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $55 | $55 | — | — | — | $55 – $55 |
| 8 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $55 | $55 | — | — | — | $55 – $55 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $64 | $64 | — | — | — | $64 – $64 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $72 | $72 | — | — | — | $72 – $72 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 12 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 13 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $111 | $111 | — | — | — | $111 – $111 |
| 14 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $117 | $117 | — | — | — | $117 – $117 |
| 15 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $121 | $121 | — | — | — | $121 – $121 |
| 16 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $128 | $128 | — | — | — | $128 – $128 |
| 17 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $153 | $153 | — | — | — | $153 – $153 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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