CPT 87205

SMEAR,GRAM STAIN - as described in hospitals' own price files.

6hospitals publishing a price

$30.95median cash price

$10.86median typical insurance price

Hospital	Location	Cash price	Typical insurance	List price	Negotiated range
Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville, AL	$24.56	$5.34	$136	$2.78 - $116
Medical Center Enterprise	Enterprise, AL	$37.35	$5.55	$415	$3.48 - $373
Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden, AL	$66.32	$7.09	$553	$3.48 - $1,525
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham, AL	$6.75	$14.62	$45.00	$3.48 - $40.50
Flowers Hospital	Dothan, AL	$18.95	$18.95	$126	$3.48 - $114
Mat-Su Regional Medical Center	Palmer, AK	$53.10	$133	$177	$4.18 - $170

Prices are from each hospital's own machine-readable price file. Cash price is the published discounted cash price; typical insurance price is the median of the per-plan negotiated rates in the file; list price is the gross charge.