Culture, bacterial
Facility: Riverside Community Hospital
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Culture, bacterial is about $9 (about 1.0× the $9 Medicare rate). Riverside Community Hospital charges insurers about $9, or about $674 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Riverside, CA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $4 - $302 | 46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $94 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $3 - $207 | 35% |
| Cignamajor | $24 | 278% |
| Humanamajor | $9 | 104% |
| Bright Health | $22 | 255% |
| Health Net | $3 - $256 | 35% |
| Molina | $10 | 116% |
| + 17 smaller / regional plans | $2 - $920 |
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Other Procedures at Riverside Community Hospital
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other CA hospitals
- Kern Valley Healthcare District · Lake Isabella $5
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $5
- Kern Medical Center · Bakersfield $6
- Banner Lassen Medical Center · Susanville $7
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco · South San Francisco $8
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara · Santa Clara $8
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek · Walnut Creek $8
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital and Rehab Center · Vallejo $8
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.