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.
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AER ORGANISM ID - VITEK
Birmingham, AL
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University of Alabama Hospital’s median price of $78 is 388% above the median hospital's median price ($16), higher than 90% of the 2,602 hospitals reporting CPT 87077. 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, 16 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 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.43 | $7.43 | $7.43 – $7.43 |
| 2 | Bcbs Al medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.08 | $8.08 | $8.08 – $8.08 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.65 | $8.65 | $8.65 – $8.65 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.73 | $8.73 | $8.73 – $8.73 |
| 6 | Ambetter commercial-exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.11 | $11.11 | $11.11 – $11.11 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.12 | $12.12 | $12.12 – $12.12 |
| 8 | Cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.48 | $17.48 | $17.48 – $17.48 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $110.41 | $83.32 | $23.79 – $110.41 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $121.27 | $91.51 | $26.13 – $121.27 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $98.43 | $93.35 | $52.75 – $98.43 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $110.41 | $104.72 | $59.17 – $110.41 |
| 13 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $148.42 | $112.00 | $31.98 – $148.42 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $121.27 | $115.02 | $64.99 – $121.27 |
| 15 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $153.85 | $116.10 | $33.15 – $153.85 |
| 16 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $148.42 | $140.77 | $79.54 – $148.42 |
Last updated: Feb 19, 2026
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