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; quantitative colony count, urine
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $19 is 28% above the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 58% of the 2,561 hospitals reporting CPT 87086. 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 | $4.65 | $4.65 | $4.65 – $4.65 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.65 | $4.65 | $4.65 – $4.65 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.65 | $4.65 | $4.65 – $4.65 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $14.94 | $14.94 | $14.94 – $14.94 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $18.20 | $18.20 | $18.20 – $18.20 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $19.13 | $19.13 | $19.13 – $19.13 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $19.27 | $19.27 | $19.27 – $19.27 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $27.03 | $27.03 | $27.03 – $27.03 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $27.03 | $27.03 | $27.03 – $27.03 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $35.91 | $35.91 | $35.91 – $35.91 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $36.96 | $36.96 | $36.96 – $36.96 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $36.96 | $36.96 | $36.96 – $36.96 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $42.29 | $42.29 | $42.29 – $42.29 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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