HRHospitalRates.comCompare prices

Procedure price report · Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology)

Vancomycin resistance gene test using amplification

CPT 87500the billing code this page is about

A laboratory test that detects bacterial genes that make an organism resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin, using an amplification method.

Hospitals typically charge $78 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 451 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $99. Most fall between $39 and $233 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
451
States
45
Filings dated
Jul 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 451 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$29$46$78$174$352

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($29 vs $352).

How the prices are spread

$19 – $25: 17 hospitals$19$25 – $34: 20 hospitals$34 – $46: 55 hospitals$34$46 – $63: 76 hospitals$63 – $84: 49 hospitals$63$84 – $114: 33 hospitals$114 – $154: 34 hospitals$114$154 – $208: 49 hospitals$208 – $281: 42 hospitals$208$281 – $380: 36 hospitals$281median $78price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (411 of 451 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$19$2517
$25$3420
$34$4655
$46$6376
$63$8449
$84$11433
$114$15434
$154$20849
$208$28142
$281$38036

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $78.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: median $185 across 13 hospitalsND$185Minnesota: median $165 across 11 hospitalsMN$165Illinois: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureILWisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $35 across 19 hospitalsNY$35Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $67 across 15 hospitalsIA$67Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $68 across 12 hospitalsOH$68Pennsylvania: median $53 across 24 hospitalsPA$53New Jersey: median $39 across 23 hospitalsNJ$39Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $353 across 26 hospitalsCA$353Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $56 across 18 hospitalsNC$56South Carolina: median $62 across 25 hospitalsSC$62Oklahoma: median $62 across 16 hospitalsOK$62Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: median $51 across 11 hospitalsMS$51Alabama: median $74 across 11 hospitalsAL$74Georgia: median $59 across 10 hospitalsGA$59Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $174 across 51 hospitalsTX$174Florida: median $98 across 46 hospitalsFL$98
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $78. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA26$353+350%$129 – $353
North Dakota ND13$185+135%$115 – $266
Texas TX51$174+122%$32 – $242
Minnesota MN11$165+110%$125 – $165
Florida FL46$98+26%$61 – $257
Alabama AL11$74−6%$29 – $90
Ohio OH12$68−13%$68 – $155
Iowa IA15$67−14%$67 – $100
South Carolina SC25$62−21%$59 – $116
Oklahoma OK16$62−21%$62 – $105
Georgia GA10$59−24%$17 – $380
North Carolina NC18$56−28%$29 – $78
Pennsylvania PA24$53−33%$24 – $284
Mississippi MS11$51−35%$36 – $68
New Jersey NJ23$39−51%$35 – $39
New York NY19$35−55%$35 – $158
Arizona AZ9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Illinois IL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $78.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care385$68$36 – $179
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access59$165$51 – $270
Ownership
For-profit49$78$41 – $174
Government64$51$29 – $176
Non-profit336$91$40 – $242
System affiliation
Part of a system410$78$39 – $233
Independent41$77$43 – $149

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$171
Median cash price$78
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

331 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $103 and the average of the middle 60% is $125; most fall between $59 and $242.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 331 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$35$62$103$233$353

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($35 vs $353).

Of the 358 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 331 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 17 a list price only.

How complete is this

451 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 473 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted451
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here5
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code473

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Microscopic examination (bacterial smear, culture, toxicology) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as VANOMYCIN DNA AMP PROBE.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Vancomycin resistance gene test using amplification (CPT 87500) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-87500-vancomycin-resistance-gene-test-using-amplification