Blood culture cost in Jacksonville, FL
In Jacksonville, FL, 13 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $85.54 to $316.82, with a median of $229.00. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital — $143.46 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $341.00 at 157 hospitals.
- The median here, $229.00, is 98% above the US median of $115.50.
- That is 22.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($10.32).
- Jacksonville, FL has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Florida with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 3 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 7 cities for code 87040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 31, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 12, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Jacksonville, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital lowest Middleburg, FL · (904) 276-8500 CULTURE BLOOD File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $85.54 | $85.54 | $7.19–$76.99 | — |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, FL · (904) 702-6111 CULTURE BLOOD+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $86.00 | $86.00 | $7.22–$250.98 | — |
| Ascension St Vincent's Riverside Jacksonville, FL · (904) 308-7300 CULTURE BLOOD+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $99.07 | $267.75 | $9.08–$99.07 | 63% |
| Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County Saint Johns, FL · (904) 450-6020 MANUAL BLOOD CULTURE+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $99.07 | $267.75 | $9.08–$267.75 | 63% |
| Ascension St Vincent's Southside Jacksonville, FL · (904) 296-3700 CULTURE BLOOD+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $99.07 | $267.75 | $9.08–$267.75 | 63% |
| St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County Middleburg, FL · (904) 602-1000 CULTURE BLOOD+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $99.07 | $267.75 | $9.08–$267.75 | 63% |
| ED Fraser Memorial Hospital Macclenny, FL · (904) 259-3151 C & S, BLOOD File of Nov 12, 2025 · source file | $229.00 | $229.00 | $113.13–$229.00 | — |
| University of Florida Health in Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · (904) 244-4000 HB CULTURE BLOOD File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $253.87 | $461.59 | $4.66–$12.07 | 45% |
| Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches Jacksonville Beach, FL · (904) 247-2900 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $316.82 | $511.00 | $102.20–$500.78 | 38% |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Fleming Island, FL · (904) 202-2000 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $316.82 | $511.00 | $102.20–$500.78 | 38% |
| Baptist Medical Center of Nassau Fernandina Beach, FL · (904) 321-3500 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $316.82 | $511.00 | $4.23–$24.77 | 38% |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · (904) 202-2000 HC CULTURE BLOOD+1 more line at this price File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $316.82 | $511.00 | $102.20–$500.78 | 38% |
| Baptist Medical Center South Jacksonville, FL · (904) 202-2000 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $316.82 | $511.00 | $102.20–$500.78 | 38% |
Outpatient: lowest $85.54, median $229.00, highest $316.82 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $99.07. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 13 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 blood culture is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Blood culture explained.