Lab tests CPT 87040 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood culture cost in Deltona, FL — inpatient

In Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL, 6 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria as an inpatient: from $243.53 to $348.02, with a median of $271.44. The lowest listed price is at AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach — $27.91 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $286.98 at 72 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 87040, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$243.53AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach
Median$271.44half pay less
Highest$348.02in this market
Difference1.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL.

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Lowest $243.53Highest $348.02

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach lowest New Smyrna Beach, FL · (386) 424-5100 HC CULTURE BLOOD $243.53 $243.53 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Deland Deland, FL · (386) 943-4522 HC CULTURE BLOOD $250.61 $250.61 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Fish Memorial Orange City, FL · (386) 917-5000 HC CULTURE BLOOD $261.66 $261.66 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL · (386) 231-6000 HC CULTURE BLOOD $281.21 $281.21 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast, FL · (386) 302-1800 HC CULTURE BLOOD $348.02 $348.02 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Palm Coast Palm Coast, FL · (386) 586-2000 HC CULTURE BLOOD $348.02 $348.02 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $243.53, median $271.44, highest $348.02 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $271.44 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A blood culture checks for bacteria or yeast in the blood. It is ordered for fever with signs of a serious infection, such as sepsis.

What the price covers

The price is usually for one culture set. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.