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 CULTURE TYPING, NUCLEIC ACID DIRECT PROBE, CULT/ISOLATE, EACH
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $24 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($28), higher than 41% of the 2,130 hospitals reporting CPT 87149. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 11 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 all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | $2 | 14% | — | $15 – $20 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | $1 | 6% | — | $18 – $20 |
| 3 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 4 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 5 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $25 | $23 | $2 | 10% | — | $20 – $25 |
| 7 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $28 | $28 | — | — | — | $28 – $28 |
| 8 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $34 | $34 | $1 | 3% | — | $33 – $35 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $35 | $35 | — | — | — | $35 – $35 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $40 | $40 | — | — | — | $40 – $40 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $41 | $41 | — | — | — | $41 – $41 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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