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Screening Test for Pathogenic Organisms Cost in Pennsylvania
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 77 Pennsylvania hospitals. CPT 87081. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $27.20
📉 Low $3.60
📈 High $253
🏥 77 hospitals
🏛️ 55 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Pennsylvania
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 77 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | UHC | Cigna | Medicare | Humana | Medicaid | BCBS | TRICARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AHN SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL ERIE |
$3.60 | $5.72 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | $6.96 | — |
| AHN JEFFERSON HOSPITAL JEFFERSON HILLS |
$3.80 | $6.24 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| AHN CANONSBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL CANONSBURG |
$4.40 | $5.20 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| AHN FORBES HOSPITAL MONROEVILLE |
$4.40 | $6.24 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| AHN GROVE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GROVE CITY |
$4.60 | $5.20 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| AHN ALLEGHENY VALLEY HOSPITAL NATRONA HEIGHTS |
$4.60 | $5.20 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| AHN ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH |
$4.80 | $6.24 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $7.03 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL WEXFORD |
$5.20 | $6.90 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| WEST PENN HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH |
$5.40 | $6.24 | $6.63 | $5.11 | $6.83 | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL BRISTOL |
$6.00 | — | $5.88 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $5.30 | $5.30 | $6.63 | $6.63 |
| SUBURBAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NORRISTOWN |
$6.00 | — | $5.88 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $5.30 | $5.30 | $6.63 | $6.63 |
| PENNSYLVANIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE HARRISBURG |
$7.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON TORRESDALE HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | $6.30 | $6.76 | $7.04 | — | $6.63 |
| FRED AND MINERVA BRAEMER HEART CENTER PHILADELPHIA |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | — | $6.63 | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL EAST NORRITON |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | — | $6.63 | — | — | — |
| MAGEE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$7.62 | $6.87 | $6.63 | $6.90 | $7.29 | $6.76 | $9.31 | — | — |
| JEFFERSON LANSDALE HOSPITAL LANSDALE |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | $6.63 | $6.76 | $7.04 | — | $6.63 |
| JEFFERSON METHODIST HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | $6.63 | $6.76 | $7.04 | — | $6.63 |
| JEFFERSON ABINGTON HOSPITAL ABINGTON |
$7.62 | $6.00 | $3.98 | $8.06 | $9.21 | — | $4.50 | — | — |
| JEFFERSON BUCKS HOSPITAL LANGHORNE |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | $6.30 | $6.76 | $7.04 | — | $6.63 |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | $6.63 | $6.76 | $7.04 | — | $6.63 |
| JEFFERSON FRANKFORD HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA |
$7.62 | $7.03 | $6.76 | $6.90 | $6.30 | $6.76 | $7.04 | — | $6.63 |
| SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING WYOMISSING |
$9.95 | — | $5.97 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH HOLY SPIRIT MEDICAL CENTER CAMP HILL |
$10.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HERITAGE VALLEY SEWICKLEY MCKEES ROCKS |
$10.53 | $5.20 | $6.63 | $6.63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER BEAVER |
$10.53 | $5.20 | $6.63 | $6.63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER BERNVILLE ROAD READING |
$11.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH LANCASTER MEDICAL CENTER STATE ROAD LANCASTER |
$12.47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PENN STATE HEALTH HAMPDEN MEDICAL CENTER ENOLA |
$13.53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOLY REDEEMER HOSPITAL MEADOWBROOK |
$14.77 | $7.03 | $7.36 | $6.63 | — | — | — | $6.70 | — |
| PENN HIGHLANDS MON VALLEY HOSPITAL COUNTRY CLUB RD. MONONGAHELA |
$17.40 | $5.37 | $6.83 | — | $6.63 | $6.83 | $5.20 | $6.23 | — |
| PENN HIGHLANDS CONNELLSVILLE E MURPHY AVE. CONNELLSVILLE |
$17.40 | $16.58 | $6.83 | — | $6.63 | — | $5.20 | $6.30 | — |
| CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER ROARING SPRING |
$22.00 | $5.37 | $11.27 | $13.27 | $100 | $100 | — | $100 | $100 |
| BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL SUSQUEHANNA |
$23.45 | $40.00 | $42.91 | $53.53 | $40.00 | $30.86 | $8.82 | — | — |
| CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER HAIDA AVENUE HASTINGS |
$24.80 | $20.80 | $20.00 | $61.60 | — | — | — | $1.22 | $20.00 |
| WELLSPAN GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL LEBANON |
$27.20 | $6.83 | $6.96 | $28.38 | $6.63 | — | $6.50 | — | — |
| WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL YORK |
$27.20 | $6.83 | $6.96 | $28.35 | $6.63 | — | $5.20 | — | — |
| WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL YORK |
$27.20 | $6.83 | $6.96 | $28.35 | $6.63 | — | $5.20 | — | — |
| WELLSPAN GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL GETTYSBURG |
$27.20 | $6.83 | — | — | $6.50 | — | $5.20 | — | — |
| ALLIED SERVICES WILKES-BARRE REHAB HOSPITAL WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP |
$28.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLIED SERVICES SCRANTON REHAB HOSPITAL SCRANTON |
$28.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| INDIANA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INDIANA |
$30.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL CHAMBERSBURG |
$33.60 | $6.83 | $6.96 | $31.28 | $6.63 | — | $5.20 | — | — |
| WELLSPAN WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL WAYNESBORO |
$33.60 | $6.83 | $6.96 | $30.78 | $5.46 | — | $5.49 | — | — |
| CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL DRIVE MEYERSDALE |
$34.00 | $39.52 | $38.00 | $61.60 | — | — | — | $39.19 | $38.00 |
| WARREN GENERAL HOSPITAL CRESCENT PARK WEST WARREN |
$34.00 | $63.00 | $6.24 | $60.00 | — | $101 | — | $100 | $60.00 |
| CLARION HOSPITAL CLARION |
$35.84 | $6.83 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 | — | $5.20 | — | $6.15 |
| ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER LANGHORNE |
$40.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PARK ST. HONESDALE |
$41.30 | $75.00 | $70.00 | $70.00 | — | $100 | — | $40.00 | $100 |
| CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JOHNSTOWN |
$42.80 | $104 | $11.27 | $13.27 | — | — | — | $11.93 | $100 |
| AHN BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL GREENSBURG |
$42.81 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $7.09 | — | $7.03 | — | — | — |
| BUTLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BUTLER |
$44.80 | $5.98 | $5.20 | $9.95 | $6.63 | $6.90 | $5.20 | — | $6.15 |
| WESTMORELAND HOSPITAL GREEENSBURG |
$45.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LATROBE HOSPITAL LATROBE |
$45.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FRICK HOSPITAL MT PLESANT |
$45.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GUTHRIE TROY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TROY |
$47.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PEACH ORCHARD RD. MC CONNELLSBURG |
$55.30 | $46.00 | $90.00 | $100 | $100 | $6.63 | — | $40.00 | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL PHILADELPHIA - HAVERTOWN HAVERTOWN |
$57.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL - PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA |
$57.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SHRINERS CHILDREN'S PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA |
$58.60 | $5.20 | — | $7.18 | — | $8.55 | — | $12.13 | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 87081, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $48.00 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $27.20 for this?
That is the median of what the 77 Pennsylvania hospitals above publish for Screening test for pathogenic organisms — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does screening test for pathogenic organisms cost in Pennsylvania?
- Cash prices for screening test for pathogenic organisms (CPT 87081) in Pennsylvania range from $3.60 to $253, with a median of $27.20. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest screening test for pathogenic organisms in Pennsylvania?
- The cheapest Pennsylvania hospital published cash price for this procedure is $3.60. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Pennsylvania facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 87081 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.