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
HC CULTURE BIOPSY/SURG SPC
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $19 is 3% below the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 49% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 87070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 13 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 – $8.62 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $18.64 | $18.64 | $17.86 – $19.41 |
| 6 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $34.20 | $28.19 | $11.70 – $38.25 |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $34.20 | $28.19 | $11.70 – $38.25 |
| 8 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $34.20 | $28.19 | $11.70 – $38.25 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $34.20 | $28.19 | $11.70 – $38.25 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $34.20 | $28.19 | $11.70 – $38.25 |
| 11 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $39.83 | $32.83 | $13.63 – $44.55 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $34.20 | $33.77 | $11.70 – $53.38 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $53.20 | $43.85 | $18.20 – $59.50 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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