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
UA/CULTUREPROTOCOL
Hayward, CA
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Hayward Sisters Hospital’s median price of $4 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($5), higher than 40% of the 2,610 hospitals reporting CPT 81003. 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, 23 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 secure horizons (pacificare) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.20 | $2.20 | $2.20 – $2.20 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna medicare ppo facility · other · outpatient | $2.25 | $2.25 | $2.25 – $2.25 |
| 3 | Humana humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.25 | $2.25 | $2.25 – $2.25 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna health plan/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.94 | $2.94 | $2.94 – $2.94 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.94 | $2.94 | $2.94 – $2.94 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.94 | $2.94 | $2.94 – $2.94 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.94 | $2.94 | $2.94 – $2.94 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.09 | $3.09 | $3.09 – $3.09 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna health plan/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.55 | $3.55 | $3.55 – $3.55 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.55 | $3.55 | $3.55 – $3.55 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.55 | $3.55 | $3.55 – $3.55 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.63 | $5.63 | $5.63 – $5.63 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.63 | $5.63 | $5.63 – $5.63 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.63 | $5.63 | $5.63 – $5.63 |
| 15 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.38 | $6.38 | $6.38 – $6.38 |
| 16 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.38 | $6.38 | $6.38 – $6.38 |
| 17 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.38 | $6.38 | $6.38 – $6.38 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna health plan facility · per diem · outpatient | $36.75 | $36.75 | $36.75 – $36.75 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna facility · other · outpatient | $55.13 | $55.13 | $55.13 – $55.13 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $56.59 | $56.59 | $56.59 – $56.59 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $56.59 | $56.59 | $56.59 – $56.59 |
| 22 | Kaiser kaiser/kaiser sr facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $58.80 | $58.80 | $58.80 – $58.80 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo facility · other · outpatient | $58.80 | $58.80 | $58.80 – $58.80 |
Last updated: Feb 23, 2026
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