Culture, blood
Facility: Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
A typical price — 0 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, blood is about $16 (about 1.6× the $10 Medicare rate). Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware charges insurers about $15, or about $468 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 | $172 - $292 | 1667% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $145 - $413 | 1405% |
| Aetnamajor | $199 - $271 | 1928% |
| Cignamajor | $257 - $295 | 2490% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $267 | 2587% |
| AmeriHealth | $143 - $267 | 1386% |
| Fidelis Care | $187 | 1812% |
| Geisinger | $281 | 2723% |
| HealthPartners | $182 | 1764% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $185 | 1793% |
| + 14 smaller / regional plans | $10 - $468 |
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Other Procedures at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Compare: Culture, blood at other DE hospitals
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Dover · Dover $10
- PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Georgetown · Georgetown $10
- Christiana Hospital · Newark $11
- Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus · Dover $15
- Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus · Milford $15
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.