Culture, blood
Facility: Forest Health Medical Center
Billing Code: 87040 (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, blood is about $11 (about 1.1× the $10 Medicare rate). Forest Health Medical Center charges insurers about $10, or about $53 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ypsilanti, MI.
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
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 | $14 | 136% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $37 | 359% |
| Aetnamajor | $15 | 145% |
| Cignamajor | $10 | 97% |
| Humanamajor | $10 | 97% |
| Priority Health | $10 | 97% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $37 |
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Other Procedures at Forest Health Medical Center
Compare: Culture, blood at other MI hospitals
- Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital · Commerce Township $8
- Surgeons Choice Medical Center · Southfield $8
- Charlevoix Area Hospital · Charlevoix $8
- Beacon Plainwell · Plainwell $8
- Harper University Hospital · Detroit $9
- Memorial Healthcare · Owosso $9
- St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia · Livonia $10
- Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital · Zeeland $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.