CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Southwest General Health Center
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$11
about 1.2× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $9–$41
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $11 Hospital's list price $77
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
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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 | $61 - $75 | 708% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $61 | 708% |
| Aetnamajor | $75 - $95 | 870% |
| Cignamajor | $20 | 232% |
| Humanamajor | $54 - $61 | 626% |
| AmeriHealth | $61 | 708% |
| CareSource | $61 | 708% |
| Medical Mutual | $4 | 46% |
| Molina | $12 - $61 | 139% |
| + 8 smaller / regional plans | $12 - $110 |
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Southwest General Health Center
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other OH hospitals
- Alliance Community Hospital · Alliance $8
- Pomerene Hospital · Millersburg $8
- University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center · Ashland $9
- Southern Ohio Medical Center · Portsmouth $9
- Union Hospital · Dover $9
- Marion General Hospital · Marion $9
- Wilson Memorial Hospital · Sidney $9
- Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital · Athens $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.