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
Smear, primary source with interpretation; fluorescent and/or acid fast stain for bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses or cell types
Lee's Summit, MO
Price type
Lee's Summit Medical Center’s median price of $43 is 301% above the median hospital's median price ($11), higher than 78% of the 2,616 hospitals reporting CPT 87206. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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