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
LAB CULTURE BACTERIA
201 9th St W Ada, MN
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Essentia Health Ada’s median price of $64 is 232% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 73% 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: 8 payers, 44 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 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 6 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $52.13 | $52.13 | $52.13 – $52.13 |
| 7 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $52.13 | $52.13 | $52.13 – $52.13 |
| 8 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $53.33 | $53.33 | $53.33 – $53.33 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $57.47 | $57.47 | $57.47 – $57.47 |
| 10 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $57.47 | $57.47 | $57.47 – $57.47 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $60.50 | $60.50 | $60.50 – $60.50 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $60.50 | $60.50 | $60.50 – $60.50 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $64.32 | $64.32 | $64.32 – $64.32 |
| 14 | Healthpartners medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $64.32 | $64.32 | $64.32 – $64.32 |
| 15 | Medica medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $64.32 | $64.32 | $64.32 – $64.32 |
| 16 | Ucare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $64.32 | $64.32 | $64.32 – $64.32 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $64.32 | $64.32 | $64.32 – $64.32 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $73.70 | $73.70 | $73.70 – $73.70 |
| 19 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $81.47 | $81.47 | $81.47 – $81.47 |
| 20 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $81.47 | $81.47 | $81.47 – $81.47 |
| 21 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $83.48 | $83.48 | $83.48 – $83.48 |
| 22 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $88.17 | $88.17 | $88.17 – $88.17 |
| 23 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $88.17 | $88.17 | $88.17 – $88.17 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $89.11 | $89.11 | $89.11 – $89.11 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $89.11 | $89.11 | $89.11 – $89.11 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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