Culture, bacterial
Facility: HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX 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 $9 (about 1.0× the $9 Medicare rate). HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake charges insurers about $9, or about $1,302 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Webster, TX.
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 | $7 - $809 | 81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $630 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $8 - $57 | 93% |
| Cignamajor | $9 - $1,439 | 104% |
| Humanamajor | $9 - $115 | 104% |
| Amerigroup | $7 - $9 | 81% |
| Devoted Health | $9 | 104% |
| Fidelis Care | $164 - $809 | 1903% |
| Health Net | $7 | 81% |
| Healthcare Highways | $26 | 302% |
| Molina | $8 - $19 | 93% |
| Oscar Health | $8 - $25 | 93% |
| WellCare | $9 | 104% |
| WellMed | $9 | 104% |
| + 29 smaller / regional plans | $7 - $1,529 |
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Other Procedures at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other TX hospitals
- PAM Specialty Hospital of San Antonio Medical Center · San Antonio $6
- PAM Specialty Hospital of Texarkana North · Texarkana $6
- Ascension Providence · Waco $7
- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center · Houston $7
- South Texas Health System · Edinburg $7
- Otto Kaiser Memorial Hospital · Kenedy $7
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Beaumont · Beaumont $7
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Clear Lake · Webster $7
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.