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
Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $20 is 4% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 51% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 87070. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 13 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.96 | $4.96 | $4.96 – $4.96 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.96 | $4.96 | $4.96 – $4.96 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.96 | $4.96 | $4.96 – $4.96 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $15.96 | $15.96 | $15.96 – $15.96 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $19.28 | $19.28 | $19.28 – $19.28 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $20.26 | $20.26 | $20.26 – $20.26 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $20.56 | $20.56 | $20.56 – $20.56 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $28.88 | $28.88 | $28.88 – $28.88 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $28.88 | $28.88 | $28.88 – $28.88 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $38.36 | $38.36 | $38.36 – $38.36 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $39.48 | $39.48 | $39.48 – $39.48 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $39.48 | $39.48 | $39.48 – $39.48 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $45.17 | $45.17 | $45.17 – $45.17 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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