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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LC-B HEMOLYT STREP CULT GRP A
Hayward, CA
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Hayward Sisters Hospital’s median price of $9 is 34% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 34% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. 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 | $6.50 | $6.50 | $6.50 – $6.50 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna medicare ppo facility · other · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Humana humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna health plan/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.66 | $8.66 | $8.63 – $8.66 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.66 | $8.66 | $8.63 – $8.66 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.66 | $8.66 | $8.66 – $8.66 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.66 | $8.66 | $8.66 – $8.66 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons (pacificare)/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.12 | $9.06 | $8.63 – $9.12 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna health plan/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.49 | $10.10 | $8.63 – $10.49 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.49 | $10.10 | $8.63 – $10.49 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.49 | $10.10 | $8.63 – $10.49 |
| 12 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.66 | $16.14 | $8.63 – $18.66 |
| 13 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.66 | $16.14 | $8.63 – $18.66 |
| 14 | Bcbs Ca blue cross hmo/ppo/hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.66 | $16.14 | $8.63 – $18.66 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.57 | $16.57 | $16.57 – $16.57 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield affinity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.57 | $16.57 | $16.57 – $16.57 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield hill facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $16.57 | $16.57 | $16.57 – $16.57 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna health plan facility · per diem · outpatient | $21.54 | $46.48 | $4.32 – $95.03 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna facility · other · outpatient | $32.31 | $69.72 | $6.47 – $142.54 |
| 20 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $33.17 | $71.58 | $6.65 – $146.34 |
| 21 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $33.17 | $71.58 | $6.65 – $146.34 |
| 22 | Kaiser kaiser/kaiser sr facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $34.46 | $74.37 | $6.90 – $152.04 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare ppo-pos-epo/pacificare of california hmo-ppo facility · other · outpatient | $34.46 | $74.37 | $6.90 – $152.04 |
Last updated: Feb 23, 2026
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