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
87116 CULTURE FOR ACID-FAST BACILLI
JACKSON, MS
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State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center’s median price of $22 is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($19), higher than 54% of the 2,466 hospitals reporting CPT 87116. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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