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 HIV-1 RNA ULT QUANT BY PCR
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $98 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($123), higher than 37% of the 2,608 hospitals reporting CPT 87536. 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, 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 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $75 | $75 | $10 | 14% | — | $65 – $85 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $86 | $82 | $4 | 5% | — | $77 – $86 |
| 3 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 4 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 5 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $85 | — | — | — | $85 – $85 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $95 | $87 | $25 | 28% | — | $36 – $105 |
| 7 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $102 | $102 | $4 | 4% | — | $98 – $106 |
| 8 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $119 | $119 | — | — | — | $119 – $119 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $140 | $140 | — | — | — | $140 – $140 |
| 10 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $156 | $156 | — | — | — | $156 – $156 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $170 | $167 | $6 | 3% | — | $158 – $170 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $111 | $183 | $111 | 61% | — | $98 – $340 |
| 13 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $128 | $211 | $128 | 61% | — | $113 – $392 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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