Blood culture cost in Fayetteville, NC
In Fayetteville, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $136.20 to $544.80, with a median of $136.20. The lowest listed price is at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and 1 other hospital. Across North Carolina, the median is $150.05 at 53 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 87040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center lowest Fayetteville, NC · (910) 609-4000 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $136.20 | $227.00 | $10.32–$91.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital lowest Fayetteville, NC BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $136.20 | $227.00 | $10.32–$91.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NC · (910) 904-8000 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $544.80 | $908.00 | $10.32–$68.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $136.20, median $136.20, highest $544.80 — a 4.0× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 3 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87040 ($120.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville, NCBLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $2.85 | file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NCBLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $2.85 | file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville, NCBLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $2.85 | file |