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 Culture Blood Aerobic Isol
PALO ALTO, CA
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Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital At Stanford’s median price of $591 is 2765% above the median hospital's median price ($21), higher than 99% of the 2,505 hospitals reporting CPT 87040. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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