CMS Price Transparency Data
Culture, bacterial
Facility: Southwest Health Center
Billing Code: 87070 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$27
about 3.0× the $9 Medicare rate · typically $8–$60
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $9 Fair price $27 Cash price $99 Hospital's list price $132
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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 | $5 - $113 | 58% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $5 - $138 | 58% |
| Cignamajor | $12 - $104 | 139% |
| Humanamajor | $14 - $124 | 162% |
| Dean Health Plan | $16 - $54 | 186% |
| Quartz | $10 - $108 | 116% |
| + 5 smaller / regional plans | $5 - $138 |
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Other Procedures at Southwest Health Center
Compare: Culture, bacterial at other WI hospitals
- Grant Regional Health Center · Lancaster $8
- St Josephs Community Hospital West Bend · West Bend $9
- Fort Memorial Hospital · Fort Atkinson $9
- Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (Mmc-Bd) · Beaver Dam $9
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center · La Crosse $9
- Unitypoint Health - Meriter · Madison $9
- Sauk Prairie Hospital · Prairie Du Sac $9
- University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics Authority · Madison $9
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.