CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$22
about 2.4× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $8–$128
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $22 Cash price $87 Hospital's list price $87
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 | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Aetnamajor | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Cignamajor | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Humanamajor | $12 - $194 | 139% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Amerigroup | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Healthcare Highways | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Molina | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| Oscar Health | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| WellCare | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| WellMed | $17 - $194 | 197% |
| + 4 smaller / regional plans | $17 - $194 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare.
Excludes 4 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other TX hospitals
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- 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.