Culture, bacterial
Facility: Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 MI hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
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 $11 (about 1.2× the $9 Medicare rate). Mercy Health Saint Mary's charges insurers about $11, or about $56 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Grand Rapids, 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
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 | $58 - $63 | 673% |
| Humanamajor | $60 - $86 | 696% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $11 | 128% |
| AmeriHealth | $60 - $65 | 696% |
| CareSource | $52 - $56 | 603% |
| Dean Health Plan | $58 - $63 | 673% |
| GEHA | $13 - $65 | 151% |
| Medical Mutual | $13 | 151% |
| Molina | $11 | 128% |
| MVP Health Care | $58 - $63 | 673% |
| Oscar Health | $9 | 104% |
| Paramount | $58 - $63 | 673% |
| Priority Health | $52 - $53 | 603% |
| UniCare | $60 - $65 | 696% |
| + 144 smaller / regional plans | $6 - $206 |
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Other Procedures at Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other MI hospitals
- Harper University Hospital · Detroit $7
- Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital · Commerce Township $7
- Charlevoix Area Hospital · Charlevoix $7
- Beacon Plainwell · Plainwell $7
- Ascension Genesys Hospital · Grand Blanc $8
- Karmanos Cancer Center · Detroit $8
- Surgeons Choice Medical Center · Southfield $8
- Corewell Health Reed City Hospital · Reed City $8
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.