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, presumptive, pathogenic organisms, screening only;
PASADENA, TX
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Hca Houston Healthcare Southeast’s median price of $67 is 387% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 83% 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: 15 payers, 72 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 | $5.68 | $5.68 | $5.68 – $5.68 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $6.02 | $6.02 | $6.02 – $6.02 |
| 3 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $6.13 | $6.13 | $6.13 – $6.13 |
| 4 | Molina star fee schedule · outpatient | $6.13 | $6.13 | $6.13 – $6.13 |
| 5 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $6.13 | $6.13 | $6.13 – $6.13 |
| 6 | Molina starplus fee schedule · outpatient | $6.13 | $6.13 | $6.13 – $6.13 |
| 7 | Oscar mgmcr fee schedule · outpatient | $6.50 | $6.50 | $6.50 – $6.50 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mcrppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicareadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring mcrhmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring mcrppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring mcrsnp fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 14 | Cigna Healthspring pffs fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 15 | Devoted mgmcr fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 16 | Humana medicareadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 17 | Humana medicareadvantageppopffs fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $6.76 | $6.76 | $6.76 – $6.76 |
| 22 | WellCare mcrhmo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 23 | WellCare pffs fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 24 | WellCare pos fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 25 | WellCare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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