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
Culture, typing; identification by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) probe, direct probe technique, per culture or isolate, each organism probed
Georgetown, TX
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St. David's Georgetown Hospital’s median price of $21 is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($28), higher than 32% of the 2,113 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: 15 payers, 70 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 | Superior Healthplan chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan chpfc percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan star percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starplus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4 | $4 | — | — | — | $4 – $4 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan ambetterepo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 6 | Superior Healthplan ambetterhmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 7 | Superior Healthplan valuehmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare mgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare optionsppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 12 | Molina chip fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 13 | Molina mcdstar fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 14 | Molina star+plus fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 15 | Molina starkids fee schedule · outpatient | $19 | $19 | — | — | — | $19 – $19 |
| 16 | Aetna cscamcr fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mcrppo fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mgmcrhmo fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 19 | Cigna Healthspring dualeligible fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 20 | Cigna Healthspring medicareadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 21 | Cigna Healthspring pffs fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 22 | Cigna Healthspring pos fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 23 | Cigna Healthspring ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 24 | Cigna Healthspring snp fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 25 | Devoted mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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