CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Buchanan County Health Center
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$33
about 3.7× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $9–$106
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $33 Cash price $100 Hospital's list price $118
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
✓ 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 | $105 - $118 | 1218% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $59 - $118 | 684% |
| Aetnamajor | $106 - $118 | 1230% |
| Cignamajor | $98 | 1137% |
| Humanamajor | $118 | 1369% |
| HealthPartners | $42 - $118 | 487% |
| Molina | $118 | 1369% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $42 - $118 |
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Other Procedures at Buchanan County Health Center
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other IA hospitals
- Manning Regional Healthcare Center · Manning $6
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- Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $9
- Trinity Muscatine · Muscatine $9
- Trinity Regional Medical Center · Fort Dodge $9
- University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down · Iowa City $9
- Mary Greeley Medical Center · Ames $9
- Genesis Medical Center-Davenport · Davenport $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.