Culture, bacterial
Facility: Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
A typical price — 2 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 6 DE hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 6 DE 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 $13 (about 1.4× the $9 Medicare rate). Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware charges insurers about $12, or about $355 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Wilmington, DE.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 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 | $130 - $222 | 1508% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $110 - $314 | 1276% |
| Aetnamajor | $151 - $206 | 1752% |
| Cignamajor | $195 - $224 | 2262% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $202 | 2343% |
| AmeriHealth | $109 - $202 | 1265% |
| Fidelis Care | $142 | 1647% |
| Geisinger | $213 | 2471% |
| HealthPartners | $138 | 1601% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $141 | 1636% |
| + 14 smaller / regional plans | $8 - $355 |
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Other Procedures at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other DE hospitals
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover · Dover $8
- PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Georgetown · Georgetown $8
- Christiana Hospital · Newark $9
- Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus · Dover $13
- Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus · Milford $13
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.