CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, blood
Facility: Steele Memorial Medical Center
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$40
about 4.0× the $10 Medicare rate · typically $12–$60
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $10 Fair price $40 Cash price $113 Hospital's list price $151
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
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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 | $143 | 1386% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $16 - $151 | 155% |
| Aetnamajor | $68 - $143 | 659% |
| Cignamajor | $139 | 1347% |
| SelectHealth | $72 - $143 | 698% |
| + 6 smaller / regional plans | $71 - $151 |
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Steele Memorial Medical Center
Compare: Culture, blood at other ID hospitals
- West Valley Medical Center · Caldwell $10
- Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center · Idaho Falls $10
- Madison Memorial Hospital · Rexburg $10
- Kootenai Health · Coeur D'Alene $10
- Treasure Valley Hospital · Boise $10
- Mountain View Hospital · Idaho Falls $10
- Northwest Specialty Hospital · Post Falls $10
- St Luke's Nampa Medical Center · Nampa $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.