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 STAPH ONLY CULTURE RSLT
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $14 is 5% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 51% 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: 13 payers, 35 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 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.20 | $5.20 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| 2 | Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.20 | $5.20 | $5.20 – $5.20 |
| 3 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.54 | $5.54 | $5.54 – $5.54 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.72 | $5.72 | $5.72 – $5.72 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.56 | $6.56 | $6.56 – $6.56 |
| 6 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $6.70 | $6.70 | $6.70 – $6.70 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.73 | $6.73 | $6.73 – $6.73 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.76 | $6.76 | $6.76 – $6.76 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $6.76 | $6.76 | $6.76 – $6.76 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 13 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $6.96 | $6.96 | $6.96 – $6.96 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $10.50 | $10.48 | $10.26 – $10.50 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.15 | $12.15 | $12.15 – $12.15 |
| 16 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $12.62 | $12.59 | $12.34 – $12.62 |
| 17 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $12.93 | $12.93 | $12.93 – $12.93 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.26 | $13.26 | $13.26 – $13.26 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $14.48 | $14.45 | $14.17 – $14.48 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.37 | $17.37 | $17.37 – $17.37 |
| 21 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $18.02 | $17.98 | $17.63 – $18.02 |
| 22 | Highmark highmark commercial non-preferred facility · other · outpatient | $21.85 | $21.81 | $21.38 – $21.85 |
| 23 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $29.00 | $29.00 | $29.00 – $29.00 |
| 24 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $32.73 | $32.73 | $32.73 – $32.73 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $34.72 | $34.65 | $33.97 – $34.72 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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