Culture, blood
Facility: St James Hospital
Billing Code: 87040 (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, blood is about $9 (about 0.9× the $10 Medicare rate). St James Hospital charges insurers about $10, or about $67 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hornell, 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 | $8 - $10 | 78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $7 - $20 | 68% |
| Aetnamajor | $10 - $15 | 97% |
| Cignamajor | $10 | 97% |
| Humanamajor | $10 | 97% |
| Fidelis Care | $8 | 78% |
| Molina | $8 - $19 | 78% |
| MVP Health Care | $10 | 97% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $12 |
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Other Procedures at St James Hospital
Compare: Culture, blood at other NY hospitals
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital · Elizabethtown $7
- Nassau University Medical Center · East Meadow $8
- Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital · New Rochelle $8
- Hospital for Special Surgery · New York $8
- Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital · Mount Vernon $9
- Bertrand Chaffee Hospital · Springville $9
- Long Island Community Hospital · Patchogue $9
- The University of Vermont Health Network-Alice Hy · Malone $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.