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 - MRSA INFECTION CTL CX
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $21 is 55% above the median hospital's median price ($14), higher than 59% 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, 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 | $6.30 | $6.30 | $6.30 – $6.30 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $18.33 | $18.33 | $18.33 – $18.33 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $18.33 | $18.33 | $18.33 – $18.33 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $18.72 | $18.72 | $18.72 – $18.72 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $30.42 | $30.42 | $30.42 – $30.42 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $35.47 | $35.47 | $35.47 – $35.47 |
| 7 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $37.05 | $37.05 | $37.05 – $37.05 |
| 8 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38.02 | $38.02 | $38.02 – $38.02 |
| 9 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $38.02 | $38.02 | $38.02 – $38.02 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.61 | $38.61 | $38.61 – $38.61 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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