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
Bill Only AFB Identification by MALDI
Oceanside, CA
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Tri-City Medical Center’s median price of $9 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($9), higher than 50% of the 1,600 hospitals reporting CPT 87158. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: May 29, 2026
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