Culture, blood
Facility: Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Billing Code: 87040 (CPT)
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.
A fair price for a Culture, blood is about $17 (about 1.7× the $10 Medicare rate). Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center charges insurers about $19, or about $18 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Vancouver, WA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aetnamajor | $11 - $19 | 107% |
| Cignamajor | $11 - $37 | 107% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $21 | 203% |
| Health Net | $11 - $27 | 107% |
| Moda Health | $12 | 116% |
| PacificSource | $11 - $24 | 107% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $11 |
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Other Procedures at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center
Compare: Culture, blood at other WA hospitals
- Island Hospital · Anacortes $6
- Olympic Medical Center · Port Angeles $7
- Virginia Mason Medical Center · Seattle $10
- Astria Toppenish Hospital · Toppenish $10
- Cascade Medical Center · Leavenworth $10
- Astria Sunnyside Hospital · Sunnyside $10
- Providence St Mary Medical Center · Walla Walla $11
- Skagit Valley Hospital · Mount Vernon $11
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.