Culture, blood
Facility: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
Highest price of the 4 VT hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 4 VT 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, blood is about $11 (about 1.1× the $10 Medicare rate). Brattleboro Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $11, or about $69 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brattleboro, VT.
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 | $6 - $94 | 58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $7 - $89 | 68% |
| Aetnamajor | $96 | 930% |
| Cignamajor | $11 - $94 | 107% |
| Humanamajor | $10 | 97% |
| AmeriHealth | $10 | 97% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $10 - $86 | 97% |
| MVP Health Care | $10 - $89 | 97% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $29 - $91 | 281% |
| WellCare | $11 | 107% |
| WellSense | $10 - $11 | 97% |
| + 4 smaller / regional plans | $10 - $96 |
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Other Procedures at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Compare: Culture, blood at other VT hospitals
- Central Vermont Medical Center · Barre $10
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center · Bennington $10
- Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care · Burlington $11
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.