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, BLOOD #2
Toccoa, GA
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Stephens County Hospital’s median price of $13 is 38% below the median hospital's median price ($21), higher than 31% of the 2,702 hospitals reporting CPT 87040. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 8 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 fee schedule · outpatient | $10 | $10 | — | — | 3–30 | $10 – $10 |
| 2 | Caresource medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $11 | $11 | — | — | 3–30 | $11 – $11 |
| 3 | Medicaid medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | 46 | $13 – $13 |
| 4 | WellCare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $13 | $13 | — | — | — | $13 – $13 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29 | $29 | — | — | 3–30 | $29 – $29 |
| 6 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $32 | $32 | — | — | 3–30 | $32 – $32 |
| 8 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $32 | $32 | — | — | — | $32 – $32 |
Last updated: May 19, 2026
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