CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, blood
Facility: CHI Health Good Samaritan
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$93
about 9.3× the $10 Medicare rate · typically $12–$104
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $10 Fair price $93 Cash price $212 Hospital's list price $348
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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 | $10 - $264 | 97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $10 | 97% |
| Humanamajor | $10 | 97% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $10 - $74 | 97% |
| Amerigroup | $10 - $11 | 97% |
| Medica | $10 - $271 | 97% |
| Molina | $10 | 97% |
| + 9 smaller / regional plans | $10 - $202 |
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at CHI Health Good Samaritan
Compare: Culture, blood at other NE hospitals
- Lincoln Surgical Hospital · Lincoln $7
- The Nebraska Medical Center · Omaha $10
- Mary Lanning Healthcare · Hastings $10
- Fillmore County Hospital · Geneva $10
- Regional West Medical Center · Scottsbluff $11
- Columbus Community Hospital, Inc · Columbus $11
- Faith Regional Health Services · Norfolk $11
- Valley County Health System · Ord $11
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.