CMS Price Transparency Data

Culture, bacterial

Facility: St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia

Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$9
about 1.0× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $9–$12
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
What this hospital charges insurers
$10
About the fair price
about $1 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $9 This hospital $10 Cash price $73 Hospital's list price $107

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How this hospital compares to other MI hospitals

Highest price of the 9 MI hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $7 Priciest $10

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MI 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, bacterial is about $9 (about 1.0× the $9 Medicare rate). St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia charges insurers about $10, or about $73 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Livonia, MI.

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

✓ 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 $9 - $137 104%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor $5 - $130 58%
Aetnamajor $8 - $130 93%
Cignamajor $63 - $90 731%
Humanamajor $64 - $72 742%
Kaiser Permanentemajor $8 93%
AmeriHealth $64 - $72 742%
CareSource $34 394%
Dean Health Plan $65 - $72 754%
GEHA $13 - $72 151%
Health Net $101 - $113 1172%
HealthPartners $62 - $69 719%
MagnaCare $64 - $72 742%
Medical Mutual $64 - $72 742%
Molina $11 128%
MVP Health Care $65 - $72 754%
Paramount $65 - $72 754%
Priority Health $20 - $23 232%
Tufts Health Plan $62 - $69 719%
UniCare $64 - $72 742%
+ 135 smaller / regional plans $8 - $206
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 11 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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Facility Profile & Credentials

  • Address: 36475 Five Mile Road, Livonia, MI 48154
  • CMS Rating: ★★☆☆☆
  • Ownership Type: Voluntary non-profit - Private
  • Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals