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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HC BACTERIA IDENTIFICATION - RL
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $8 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 4% 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, 12 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 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.05 | $8.05 | $8.05 – $8.05 |
| 2 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 5 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $8.48 | $8.48 | $8.48 – $8.48 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $8.96 | $8.96 | $8.96 – $8.96 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $18.81 | $17.33 | $8.08 – $20.47 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $52.24 | $42.81 | $13.68 – $53.06 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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