Blood culture cost in Lakeland, FL
In Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $493.90 to $633.35, with a median of $563.63. The lowest listed price is at AdventHealth Heart of Florida — $69.73 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $286.98 at 72 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdventHealth Heart of Florida lowest Davenport, FL · (863) 422-4971 HC CULTURE BLOOD | $493.90 | $493.90 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL · (863) 676-1433 HC CULTURE BLOOD | $633.35 | $633.35 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $493.90, median $563.63, highest $633.35 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $563.63. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87040 ($100.75). 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.
| Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital Lakeland, FLHb Blood Culture | $8.40 | file |