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 PERIANAL BETA STREP CULTURE
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $11 is 24% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 40% 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: 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 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $10.35 | $10.92 | $9.90 – $11.70 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $10.35 | $10.92 | $9.90 – $11.70 |
| 7 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $10.35 | $10.92 | $9.90 – $11.70 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $10.35 | $10.92 | $9.90 – $11.70 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $10.35 | $10.92 | $9.90 – $11.70 |
| 10 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12.05 | $12.72 | $11.53 – $13.63 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $12.76 | $13.08 | $9.90 – $16.33 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $15.07 | $15.07 | $14.44 – $15.70 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $16.10 | $16.99 | $15.40 – $18.20 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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