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, typing; identification by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) probe, direct probe technique, per culture or isolate, each organism probed
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $47 is 66% above the median hospital's median price ($28), higher than 70% of the 2,130 hospitals reporting CPT 87149. 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 | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $37 | $37 | — | — | — | $37 – $37 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $47 | $47 | — | — | — | $47 – $47 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $48 | $48 | — | — | — | $48 – $48 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $67 | $67 | — | — | — | $67 – $67 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $67 | $67 | — | — | — | $67 – $67 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $89 | $89 | — | — | — | $89 – $89 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $92 | $92 | — | — | — | $92 – $92 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $105 | $105 | — | — | — | $105 – $105 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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