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 HISTOPLASMA - HISTOPLASMA ANTIBODIES
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $8 is 64% below the median hospital's median price ($21), higher than 1% of the 2,452 hospitals reporting CPT 86698. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 19 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 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2 | $2 | — | — | — | $2 – $2 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $5 | $5 | — | — | — | $5 – $5 |
| 4 | Optum optum health - commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5 | $5 | — | — | — | $5 – $5 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 7 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 8 | Optum optum health - commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $6 | $6 | — | — | — | $6 – $6 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 10 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 11 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7 | $7 | — | — | — | $7 – $7 |
| 13 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $8 | $8 | — | — | — | $8 – $8 |
| 14 | Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $9 | $9 | — | — | — | $9 – $9 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $10 | $10 | $2 | 22% | — | $8 – $12 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 19 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11 | $11 | — | — | — | $11 – $11 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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