Culture, blood
Facility: Lower Keys Medical Center
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other FL hospitals charge more for the same procedure.
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 $8 (about 0.8× the $10 Medicare rate). Lower Keys Medical Center charges insurers about $8, or about $171 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Key West, FL.
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 | $8 - $425 | 78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $10 - $552 | 97% |
| Aetnamajor | $386 | 3740% |
| Cignamajor | $326 | 3159% |
| Humanamajor | $7 - $10 | 68% |
| Amerigroup | $7 | 68% |
| AvMed | $469 | 4545% |
| Molina | $7 | 68% |
| Simply Healthcare | $7 - $171 | 68% |
| WellCare | $7 | 68% |
| + 12 smaller / regional plans | $6 - $552 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Lower Keys Medical Center
Compare: Culture, blood at other FL hospitals
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital · Sarasota $7
- 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
- Morton Plant North Bay Hospital · New Port Richey $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.