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.
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Hc Screening Culture, Single Organism (Staph,strep, Or Gc)
Windsor, VT
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Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s median price of $158 is 1040% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 96% of the 2,569 hospitals reporting CPT 87081. 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, 5 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 | Anthem commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $121.00 | $121.00 | $121.00 – $121.00 |
| 2 | Bcbs Vt commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $152.00 | $152.00 | $152.00 – $152.00 |
| 3 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $159.00 | $159.00 | $159.00 – $159.00 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $162.00 | $162.00 | $162.00 – $162.00 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $162.00 | $162.00 | $162.00 – $162.00 |
Last updated: Aug 25, 2026
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