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
HC - BACT CULT-ROUTINE
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $70 is 260% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 74% of the 2,618 hospitals reporting CPT 87070. 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, 10 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 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.19 | $8.19 | $8.19 – $8.19 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $59.69 | $59.69 | $59.69 – $59.69 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $59.69 | $59.69 | $59.69 – $59.69 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $60.96 | $60.96 | $60.96 – $60.96 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $99.06 | $99.06 | $99.06 – $99.06 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $115.51 | $115.51 | $115.51 – $115.51 |
| 7 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $120.65 | $120.65 | $120.65 – $120.65 |
| 8 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $123.53 | $123.53 | $123.53 – $123.53 |
| 9 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $123.53 | $123.53 | $123.53 – $123.53 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $125.73 | $125.73 | $125.73 – $125.73 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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