Culture, blood
Facility: Holy Cross Hospital
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
A typical price — 0 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 FL hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 $9 (about 0.9× the $10 Medicare rate). Holy Cross Hospital charges insurers about $10, or about $671 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL.
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
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 - $25 | 39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $6 - $216 | 58% |
| Aetnamajor | $6 - $548 | 58% |
| Cignamajor | $6 - $513 | 58% |
| Humanamajor | $6 - $1,092 | 58% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $9 - $183 | 87% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $6 - $37 | 58% |
| AvMed | $17 - $273 | 165% |
| Clover Health | $10 | 97% |
| GEHA | $4 - $25 | 39% |
| Health Net | $6 - $613 | 58% |
| HealthPartners | $6 | 58% |
| Meridian | $6 - $10 | 58% |
| Molina | $6 - $36 | 58% |
| MVP Health Care | $513 | 4971% |
| Oscar Health | $13 - $35 | 126% |
| Paramount | $6 | 58% |
| Presbyterian | $6 - $10 | 58% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $6 | 58% |
| UniCare | $764 | 7403% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $6 - $513 | 58% |
| WellMed | $10 | 97% |
| WellSense | $6 | 58% |
| + 233 smaller / regional plans | $6 - $1,092 |
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Other Procedures at Holy Cross Hospital
Compare: Culture, blood at other FL hospitals
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital · Sarasota $7
- Lower Keys Medical Center · Key West $8
- Jay Hospital · Jay $9
- Shands Jacksonville · Jacksonville $10
- Parrish Medical Center · Titusville $10
- Manatee Memorial Hospital · Bradenton $10
- Mease Dunedin Hospital · Dunedin $10
- Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital · Stuart $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.