Microbial culture and identification test at Kemper CAH, Inc.

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC FUNGAL ID BY MALDI-TOF MS (BILLED)

DeKalb, MS

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Kemper CAH, Inc.’s median price of $10 is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($9), higher than 57% of the 1,643 hospitals reporting CPT 87158. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 87158 at Kemper CAH, Inc.

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 14 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	Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
2	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
3	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
4	Optum all payor other · outpatient	$8	$8	—	—	—	$8 – $8
5	UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient	$8	$8	—	—	—	$8 – $8
6	Cigna all payor other · outpatient	$9	$9	—	—	—	$9 – $9
7	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$9	$9	$0	1%	—	$9 – $9
8	Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
9	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
10	Ambetter all payor other · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
11	Molina all payor other · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
12	WellCare all payor other · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
13	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$10	$10	—	—	—	$10 – $10
14	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$12	$12	—	—	—	$12 – $12

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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