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
Culture, bacterial; aerobic isolate, additional methods required for definitive identification, each isolate
SPRING, TX
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Hca Houston Healthcare Northwest’s median price of $9 is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 25% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 87077. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 14 payers, 69 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 mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $6.93 | $6.93 | $6.93 – $6.93 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $7.33 | $7.33 | $7.33 – $7.33 |
| 3 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $7.47 | $7.47 | $7.47 – $7.47 |
| 4 | Molina star fee schedule · outpatient | $7.47 | $7.47 | $7.47 – $7.47 |
| 5 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $7.47 | $7.47 | $7.47 – $7.47 |
| 6 | Molina starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $7.47 | $7.47 | $7.47 – $7.47 |
| 7 | Oscar mgmcr fee schedule · outpatient | $7.92 | $7.92 | $7.92 – $7.92 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mcrppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicareadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring mcrhmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring mcrppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring mcrsnp fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 14 | Cigna Healthspring pffs fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 15 | Devoted mgmcr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 16 | Humana medicareadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 17 | Humana medicareadvantageppopffs fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.24 | $8.24 | $8.24 – $8.24 |
| 22 | WellCare mcrhmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.32 | $8.32 | $8.32 – $8.32 |
| 23 | WellCare pffs fee schedule · outpatient | $8.32 | $8.32 | $8.32 – $8.32 |
| 24 | WellCare pos fee schedule · outpatient | $8.32 | $8.32 | $8.32 – $8.32 |
| 25 | WellCare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.32 | $8.32 | $8.32 – $8.32 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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