Lab tests CPT 87040 Outpatient

Blood culture cost in Eugene, OR

In Eugene-Springfield, OR, 4 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $97.50 to $217.37, with a median of $133.90. The lowest listed price is at Cottage Grove Community Medical Ct — $36.40 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $110.16 at 39 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 87040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.

Lowest$97.50Cottage Grove Community Medical Ct
Median$133.90half pay less
Highest$217.37in this market
Difference2.2×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 Eugene-Springfield, OR.

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Lowest $97.50Highest $306.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Cottage Grove Community Medical Ct lowest Cottage Grove, OR · (541) 942-0511 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $97.50 $150.00 — 35% —
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Peace Harbor Medical Center Florence, OR · (541) 997-8412 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $109.85 $169.00 — 35% —
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Sacred Heart-Riverbend Springfield, OR · (541) 222-7300 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $157.95 $243.00 $8.26–$45.52 35% —
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Cottage Grove Community Medical Ct Cottage Grove, OR · (541) 942-0511 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE $195.00 $300.00 — 35% —
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McKenzie Willamette Regional Medical Center Associates Springfield, OR · (541) 726-4402 Bacterial blood culture $217.37 $362.28 $13.76–$978.16 40% Sep 17, 2026
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Peace Harbor Medical Center Florence, OR · (541) 997-8412 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE $219.70 $338.00 — 35% —
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Sacred Heart-Riverbend Springfield, OR · (541) 222-7300 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE $306.80 $472.00 $8.26–$45.52 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $97.50, median $133.90, highest $217.37 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.