CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Metropolitan Hospital Center
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$37
about 4.1× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $10–$47
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $37 Hospital's list price $36
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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 | $13 - $33 | 151% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $27 - $60 | 313% |
| Aetnamajor | $6 - $25 | 70% |
| Cignamajor | $21 | 244% |
| Fidelis Care | $9 - $60 | 104% |
| MagnaCare | $10 | 116% |
| Oscar Health | $13 | 151% |
| WellCare | $22 | 255% |
| + 13 smaller / regional plans | $7 - $60 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Metropolitan Hospital 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.