CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Burleson St Joseph Health Center
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$35
about 3.9× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $12–$44
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $35 Cash price $69 Hospital's list price $397
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 | $8 - $310 | 93% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $397 | 104% |
| Aetnamajor | $9 - $254 | 104% |
| Cignamajor | $19 - $254 | 220% |
| Humanamajor | $242 | 2807% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $12 | 139% |
| Bright Health | $15 | 174% |
| + 6 smaller / regional plans | $9 - $218 |
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.