CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: CHI Health Immanuel
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$41
about 4.6× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $13–$61
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $41 Cash price $81 Hospital's list price $193
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 | $9 - $36 | 104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 | 104% |
| Humanamajor | $9 | 104% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $8 - $38 | 93% |
| Amerigroup | $8 - $9 | 93% |
| Medica | $9 - $130 | 104% |
| Molina | $9 | 104% |
| + 11 smaller / regional plans | $9 - $150 |
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at CHI Health Immanuel
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other NE hospitals
- Lincoln Surgical Hospital · Lincoln $7
- The Nebraska Medical Center · Omaha $9
- Mary Lanning Healthcare · Hastings $9
- Regional West Medical Center · Scottsbluff $9
- Columbus Community Hospital, Inc · Columbus $9
- Faith Regional Health Services · Norfolk $9
- Fillmore County Hospital · Geneva $9
- Valley County Health System · Ord $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.