Culture, bacterial
Facility: Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 NY hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NY 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). Arnot Ogden Medical Center charges insurers about $10, or about $43 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Elmira, NY.
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 | $12 - $217 | 139% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $626 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $9 - $158 | 104% |
| Cignamajor | $129 | 1497% |
| Humanamajor | $9 - $195 | 104% |
| AmeriHealth | $7 - $9 | 81% |
| Fidelis Care | $9 - $113 | 104% |
| Geisinger | $9 - $126 | 104% |
| Independent Health | $134 | 1555% |
| MVP Health Care | $129 | 1497% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $142 | 1647% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $4 - $621 |
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Other Procedures at Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other NY hospitals
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $6
- Long Island Community Hospital · Patchogue $7
- The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy · Malone $7
- Nassau University Medical Center · East Meadow $8
- F F Thompson Hospital · Canandaigua $8
- Bertrand Chaffee Hospital · Springville $8
- St James Hospital · Hornell $8
- Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital · New Rochelle $8
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.