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HC URINE CULTURE T/F
Philadelphia, PA
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Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System D/B/A Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s median price of $83 is 458% above the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 88% of the 2,561 hospitals reporting CPT 87086. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 15 payers, 33 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 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.84 | $4.84 | $4.84 – $4.84 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 4 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 5 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.55 | $8.55 | $8.55 – $8.55 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.55 | $8.55 | $8.55 – $8.55 |
| 8 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $8.72 | $8.72 | $8.72 – $8.72 |
| 9 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.80 | $8.80 | $8.80 – $8.80 |
| 10 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-hmo pos and direct access facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.11 | $12.11 | $12.11 – $12.11 |
| 11 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $13.72 | $13.72 | $13.72 – $13.72 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $13.98 | $13.98 | $13.98 – $13.98 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield keystone health plan east-ibc hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15.13 | $15.13 | $15.13 – $15.13 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $15.76 | $15.76 | $15.76 – $15.76 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $16.94 | $16.94 | $16.94 – $16.94 |
| 16 | Highmark highmark facility · other · outpatient | $16.97 | $16.97 | $16.97 – $16.97 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield personal choice-ibc ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $28.22 | $28.22 | $28.22 – $28.22 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29.51 | $29.51 | $29.51 – $29.51 |
| 19 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $36.32 | $36.32 | $36.32 – $36.32 |
| 20 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $36.32 | $36.32 | $36.32 – $36.32 |
| 21 | Optum optum urn-transplant commercial facility · other · outpatient | $40.35 | $40.35 | $40.35 – $40.35 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $43.79 | $43.79 | $43.79 – $43.79 |
| 23 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $75.37 | $75.37 | $75.37 – $75.37 |
| 24 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $119.00 | $119.00 | $119.00 – $119.00 |
| 25 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $119.00 | $119.00 | $119.00 – $119.00 |
Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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