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
Detection test by nucleic acid for Mycobacteria species (bacteria), amplified probe technique
Bonham, TX
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TMC Bonham Hospital’s median price of $56 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($55), higher than 50% of the 1,728 hospitals reporting CPT 87551. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 4 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 | UnitedHealthcare managed_care fee schedule · both | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $20 – $20 |
| 2 | Molina medicaid fee schedule · both | $56 | $53 | $7 | 14% | — | $43 – $60 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan medicaid fee schedule · both | $55 | $55 | $2 | 3% | — | $53 – $57 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid fee schedule · both | $55 | $55 | $2 | 3% | — | $53 – $57 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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