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; Other Methods
New York, NY
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Hospital for Special Surgery’s median price of $105 is 1134% above the median hospital's median price ($9), higher than 96% of the 1,600 hospitals reporting CPT 87158. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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