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 HELICOBACTER PYLORI CULTURE & SENSITIVITY - RL
Kenner, LA
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Ochsner Medical Center � Kenner Llc’s median price of $9 is 38% below the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 31% 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: 13 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 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.97 | $5.97 | $5.97 – $5.97 |
| 2 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 – $6.63 |
| 5 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 7 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $6.83 | $6.83 | $6.83 – $6.83 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $7.63 | $7.63 | $7.63 – $7.63 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $9.90 | $10.24 | $6.63 – $13.48 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $37.61 | $37.61 | $37.61 – $37.61 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $51.68 | $46.59 | $31.65 – $62.02 |
| 12 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $60.00 | $54.08 | $36.75 – $72.00 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $68.72 | $61.94 | $42.09 – $82.46 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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