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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HCHG CULTURE, SPUTUM-SEDNOUT
Oakland, MD
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GRMC, Inc.’s median price of $50 is 158% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 68% 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: 10 payers, 18 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 | Caresource all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $49.12 | $49.12 | $17.23 – $81.00 |
| 2 | Highmark all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $50.37 | $50.37 | $17.67 – $83.07 |
| 3 | Humana all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $50.37 | $50.37 | $17.67 – $83.07 |
| 4 | Humana tricare percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $50.37 | $50.37 | $17.67 – $83.07 |
| 5 | Aetna Better Health chip percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 8 | Carefirst medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 9 | Highmark chip percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 10 | Highmark managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.46 | $51.46 | $18.05 – $84.87 |
| 12 | Carefirst all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.11 | $51.77 | $17.67 – $90.00 |
| 13 | MultiPlan all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.84 | $51.84 | $18.18 – $85.50 |
| 14 | Aetna all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.11 | $52.47 | $17.67 – $90.00 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $51.11 | $52.47 | $17.67 – $90.00 |
| 16 | Cigna all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $54.57 | $54.57 | $19.14 – $90.00 |
| 17 | Cigna rental percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $54.57 | $54.57 | $19.14 – $90.00 |
| 18 | First Health all plans percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $54.57 | $54.57 | $19.14 – $90.00 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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