CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, blood
Facility: Aspen Valley Hospital
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$30
about 3.0× the $10 Medicare rate · typically $11–$69
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $10 Fair price $30 Cash price $276 Hospital's list price $276
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente
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 | $149 - $276 | 1444% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $149 - $255 | 1444% |
| Aetnamajor | $149 - $276 | 1444% |
| Cignamajor | $193 - $276 | 1870% |
| Humanamajor | $149 - $262 | 1444% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $276 | 2674% |
| GEHA | $262 | 2539% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $276 | 2674% |
| Health Net | $276 | 2674% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $276 | 2674% |
| + 38 smaller / regional plans | $262 - $276 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.
Excludes 8 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Aspen Valley Hospital
Compare: Culture, blood at other CO hospitals
- Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital · Brighton $10
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- Poudre Valley Hospital · Fort Collins $10
- Mercy Regional Medical Center · Durango $10
- HCA Healthone Presbyterian St Luke's · Denver $10
- Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital · Grand Junction $10
- Saint Joseph Hospital · Denver $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.