Culture, bacterial
Facility: Medical City Fort Worth
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). Medical City Fort Worth charges insurers about $9, or about $441 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fort Worth, 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 - $426 | 81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $220 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $8 - $292 | 93% |
| Cignamajor | $8 - $263 | 93% |
| Humanamajor | $9 - $96 | 104% |
| Amerigroup | $7 - $9 | 81% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | $8 | 93% |
| Devoted Health | $9 | 104% |
| Fidelis Care | $172 - $223 | 1995% |
| Health Net | $267 - $347 | 3097% |
| Healthcare Highways | $94 - $168 | 1090% |
| Independent Health | $9 | 104% |
| Molina | $8 - $23 | 93% |
| Oscar Health | $22 | 255% |
| UniCare | $84 - $496 | 974% |
| WellCare | $9 | 104% |
| WellMed | $9 | 104% |
| + 25 smaller / regional plans | $5 - $496 |
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Other Procedures at Medical City Fort Worth
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.