Culture, blood
Facility: Trios Health
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $11 compared to the $9 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.22× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 WA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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 $9 (about 0.9× the $10 Medicare rate). Trios Health charges insurers about $11, or about $145 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Kennewick, WA.
This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less
Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $9. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $1 - $13 | 10% |
| Aetnamajor | $180 | 1744% |
| Molina | $11 | 107% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $3 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Trios Health
Compare: Culture, blood at other WA hospitals
- Island Hospital · Anacortes $6
- Virginia Mason Medical Center · Seattle $10
- Multicare Auburn Medical Center · Auburn $10
- Astria Toppenish Hospital · Toppenish $10
- Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital · Tacoma $10
- Cascade Medical Center · Leavenworth $10
- Astria Sunnyside Hospital · Sunnyside $10
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital · Tacoma $10
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Trios Health (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $132
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $132).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($145) Beats Your Bill
Trios Health's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $145 (vs. $11 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $9 Fair BaseRate ($10 Medicare)
Your bill ($363) is $354 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($9) and 36.3× the $10 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.