CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Orange City Area Health System
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$28
about 3.1× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $9–$51
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $28 Cash price $46 Hospital's list price $58
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
2 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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 | $52 | 603% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $31 | 360% |
| HealthPartners | $52 | 603% |
| Sanford Health Plan | $55 | 638% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $56 |
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Orange City Area Health System
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.