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 SCREEN ONLY
Lake Charles, LA
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Ochsner Lake Area Hospital’s median price of $7 is 51% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 13% 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: 7 payers, 19 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 | Aetna mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas km fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Bcbs La mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 4 | Humana bh mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 5 | Humana gold choice mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payer fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare km fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare va ccn mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 9 | Humana healthy horizons km fee schedule · outpatient | $6.76 | $6.76 | $6.76 – $6.76 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.76 | $6.76 | $6.76 – $6.76 |
| 11 | Aetna km fee schedule · outpatient | $6.96 | $6.96 | $6.96 – $6.96 |
| 12 | WellCare mm fee schedule · outpatient | $6.96 | $6.96 | $6.96 – $6.96 |
| 13 | Bcbs La hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $18.28 | $18.28 | $18.28 – $18.28 |
| 14 | Bcbs La ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $18.28 | $18.28 | $18.28 – $18.28 |
| 15 | Bcbs La trad fee schedule · outpatient | $18.28 | $18.28 | $18.28 – $18.28 |
| 16 | Humana choicecare fee schedule · outpatient | $25.36 | $25.36 | $25.36 – $25.36 |
| 17 | Aetna new business fee schedule · outpatient | $33.01 | $33.01 | $33.01 – $33.01 |
| 18 | Cigna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $38.74 | $38.74 | $38.74 – $38.74 |
| 19 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $38.79 | $38.79 | $38.79 – $38.79 |
Last updated: Jan 13, 2026
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