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 sequencing method, each isolate (eg, sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene)
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $270 is 95% above the median hospital's median price ($138), higher than 81% of the 2,095 hospitals reporting CPT 87153. 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 | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $214 | $214 | — | — | — | $214 – $214 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $257 | $257 | — | — | — | $257 – $257 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $270 | $270 | — | — | — | $270 – $270 |
| 7 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $275 | $275 | — | — | — | $275 – $275 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $386 | $386 | — | — | — | $386 – $386 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $386 | $386 | — | — | — | $386 – $386 |
| 10 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $513 | $513 | — | — | — | $513 – $513 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $528 | $528 | — | — | — | $528 – $528 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $604 | $604 | — | — | — | $604 – $604 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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