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 BACTERIA IDENTIFICATION - RL
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $12 is 27% below the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 37% 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: 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 | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $11.48 | $14.51 | $9.45 – $25.65 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $11.48 | $14.51 | $9.45 – $25.65 |
| 7 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $11.48 | $14.51 | $9.45 – $25.65 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $11.48 | $14.51 | $9.45 – $25.65 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $11.48 | $14.51 | $9.45 – $25.65 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $16.67 | $16.67 | $15.97 – $17.37 |
| 11 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $13.37 | $16.90 | $11.01 – $29.87 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $14.45 | $17.38 | $9.45 – $35.80 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $17.85 | $22.58 | $14.70 – $39.90 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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