Blood culture cost in Naples, FL
In Naples-Marco Island, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $159.35 to $170.40, with a median of $164.88. The lowest listed price is at Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge — $5.53 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $415.42 at 140 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 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 Naples-Marco Island, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge lowest Naples, FL · (239) 304-5145 CULTURE BLOOD BACTER | $159.35 | $885.30 | $9.29–$638.00 | 82% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC BLOOD CULTURE | $170.40 | $426.00 | — | 60% | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FL · (239) 304-5145 CULTURE BLOOD BACTER | $185.91 | $885.30 | $9.29–$638.00 | 79% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FL · (239) 304-5145 CULTURE BLOOD BACTER | $185.91 | $885.30 | $9.29–$638.00 | 79% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $159.35, median $164.88, highest $170.40 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $191.44. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 ($125.00). 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.
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLL8300 BLD CUL ROUT | $2.31 | file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLL8300 BLD CUL ROUT | $2.69 | file |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FLL8300 BLD CUL ROUT | $2.69 | file |