CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, blood
Facility: Big Bend Regional Medical Center
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$43
about 4.3× the $10 Medicare rate · typically $10–$87
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $10 Fair price $43 Cash price $91 Hospital's list price $457
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 | $336 | 3256% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $13 - $70 | 126% |
| Aetnamajor | $402 | 3895% |
| Cignamajor | $342 | 3314% |
| Humanamajor | $389 | 3769% |
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Big Bend Regional Medical Center
Compare: Culture, blood at other TX hospitals
- PAM Specialty Hospital of San Antonio Medical Center · San Antonio $7
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- Ascension Providence · Waco $9
- University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center · Houston $9
- Fort Duncan Medical Center · Eagle Pass $9
- South Texas Health System · Edinburg $9
- Otto Kaiser Memorial Hospital · Kenedy $9
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Beaumont · Beaumont $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.