Blood culture cost in New York, NY
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 45 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $12.38 to $778.00, with a median of $76.37. The lowest listed price is at NYU Langone and 4 other hospitals — $63.99 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $62.83 at 94 hospitals.
- The median here, $76.37, is 34% below the US median of $115.50.
- That is 7.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($10.32).
- New York, NY ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in New York by median, cheapest first.
- 17 of 45 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 45 facilities across 34 cities for code 87040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 8, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 22, 2025 and Sep 28, 2026.
Lowest$12.38NYU Langone + 4 more
Median$76.37half of hospitals charge less
Highest$778.00in this market
Difference62.8×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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
median
Lowest $12.38Highest $779.00
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYU Langone lowest Brooklyn, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $12.38 | $97.78 | $8.23–$242.55 | 87% |
| NYU Langone lowest Mineola, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $12.38 | $242.55 | $8.23–$242.55 | 95% |
| NYU Langone – Orthopedic Hospital lowest New York, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $12.38 | $97.78 | $8.23–$242.55 | 87% |
| NYU Langone – Tisch Hospital lowest New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $12.38 | $97.78 | $8.23–$242.55 | 87% |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk lowest Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $12.38 | $242.55 | $8.23–$242.55 | 95% |
| Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Blood Culture 87040 File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file | $12.60 | $126.00 | $9.85–$100.80 | 90% |
| Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 BLOOD CULTURE File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file | $22.70 | $22.70 | — | — |
| BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 BLOOD CULTURE File of May 5, 2026 · source file | $22.70 | $22.70 | — | — |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Culture Blood File of Oct 28, 2025 · source file | $23.80 | $34.00 | $3.58–$625.00 | 30% |
| University Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (718) 270-1000 87040 - BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Apr 22, 2025 · source file | $25.00 | $25.00 | $1.00–$25.00 | — |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 PLACENTAL CELL CULTURE AEROBIC+2 more lines at this price File of May 6, 2026 · source file | $30.60 | $51.00 | $8.26–$43.35 | 40% |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY · (718) 670-5000 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file | $31.00 | $31.00 | $5.50–$1,912.00 | — |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY · (718) 262-6000 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file | $31.00 | $31.00 | $5.50–$1,912.00 | — |
| Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre, NY · (516) 705-2525 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $38.09 | $205.00 | $8.23–$205.00 | 81% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center West Islip, NY · (631) 376-3000 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $38.09 | $229.00 | $8.23–$229.00 | 83% |
| Chsli St Joseph Hospital Bethpage, NY · (516) 759-6000 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $38.09 | $205.00 | $8.23–$205.00 | 81% |
| St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center Smithtown, NY · (631) 862-3000 HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $38.09 | $205.00 | $8.23–$774.37 | 81% |
| St. Francis Hospital Roslyn, NY HC CULTURE BLOOD File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file | $38.09 | $288.00 | $8.23–$288.00 | 87% |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 CULTURE BLOOD File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $54.00 | $54.00 | — | — |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn, NY · (718) 250-8000 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file | $54.25 | $54.25 | $8.26–$20.64 | — |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ · (732) 294-7012 Culture Bact Aerobic Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $55.27 | $736.00 | — | 92% |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 BLD CULT W/ISOLAT & PRES ID 3+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $57.00 | $57.00 | — | — |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, NY · (718) 869-7000 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $58.66 | $69.01 | $9.80–$24.07 | 15% |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn, NY · (718) 250-8000 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file | $62.11 | $62.11 | $8.26–$20.64 | — |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 Culture Bact Aerobic Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $76.37 | $2,637.00 | — | 97% |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Bact Bld Culture File of Oct 28, 2025 · source file | $79.31 | $113.30 | $3.58–$625.00 | 30% |
| Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital Mount Vernon, NY · (914) 664-8000 HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file | $83.85 | $129.00 | $6.17–$103.20 | 35% |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 Culture Bact Aerobic Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $106.87 | $1,160.00 | — | 91% |
| Children's Specialized Hospital Mountainside, NJ · (732) 258-7050 HC Culture Blood File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $124.50 | $249.00 | $8.26–$244.02 | 50% |
| Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY · (914) 493-7000 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jul 28, 2026 · source file | $125.00 | $125.00 | $7.22–$125.00 | — |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (212) 420-2000 HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $153.00 | $170.00 | — | 10% |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $153.00 | $170.00 | — | 10% |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $153.00 | $170.00 | — | 10% |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $153.00 | $170.00 | — | 10% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern, NY · (914) 368-5000 Blood Culture+1 more line at this price File of Jun 29, 2026 · source file | $165.00 | $165.00 | $10.32–$412.65 | — |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Culture Bact Aerobic Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $168.30 | $1,515.00 | — | 89% |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton, NY BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file | $179.63 | $179.63 | $10.32–$13.42 | — |
| New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (718) 692-5302 CULT,BLD,AEROB W ISO/ID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $228.02 | $228.02 | — | — |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers, NY · (914) 964-4444 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Mar 27, 2026 · source file | $252.45 | $297.00 | $9.80–$3,783.00 | 15% |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Culture Bact Aerobic Blood File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $259.39 | $2,825.00 | — | 91% |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file | $260.00 | $260.00 | $10.32–$4,255.00 | — |
| Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, NJ · (201) 392-3200 Bacterial blood culture File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $270.00 | $270.00 | $10.32–$509.49 | — |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 BLOOD CULTURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $273.24 | $303.60 | — | 10% |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ HC Blood Culture II+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file | $402.00 | $402.00 | $41.28–$361.80 | — |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ HC Blood Culture II+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file | $402.00 | $402.00 | $41.28–$361.80 | — |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY HC Blood Culture, Peds+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file | $402.00 | $402.00 | $13.13–$361.80 | — |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY HC Blood Culture II+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file | $402.00 | $402.00 | $13.13–$361.80 | — |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file | $486.00 | $486.00 | $10.32–$4,255.00 | — |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton, NY BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file | $486.72 | $486.72 | $10.32–$13.42 | — |
| Saint Peters University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 745-8600 BLOOD CULTURE File of Nov 19, 2025 · source file | $778.00 | $788.00 | $9.00–$788.00 | 1% |
| Saint Peters University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 745-8600 BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA File of Nov 19, 2025 · source file | $779.00 | $788.00 | $9.00–$788.00 | 1% |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $12.38, median $76.37, highest $778.00 — a 62.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 23 facilities here, median $54.00. 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 22 of 31 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.
60 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87040 ($120.61). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Brooklyn, NYCULTURE-BLOOD | $8.23 | file |
| Interfaith Medical Center Brooklyn, NYCULTURE-BLOOD | $8.23 | file |
| Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn, NYCULTURE-BLOOD | $8.23 | file |
| Saint Marys Hospital Passaic, NJHc Blood Culture For Bacteria | $10.00 | file |
| Old Bridge Medical Center Old Bridge, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Old Bridge Medical Center Old Bridge, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center Broadway Elmhurst, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| North Central Bronx Hospital Bronx, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Riverview Medical Center Red Bank, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Riverview Medical Center Red Bank, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Harlem Hospital Center New York, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| JFK University Medical Center Edison, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| JFK University Medical Center Edison, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| JFK University Medical Center Edison, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| JFK University Medical Center Edison, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers, NYBlood culture for bacteria | $10.32 | file |
| St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers, NYBlood Culture | $10.32 | file |
| St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers, NYCULT BACT; BLD AEROBIC ISOLA | $10.32 | file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NYHC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | file |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD | $10.32 | file |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJCULTURE BLOOD QST | $10.32 | file |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Community Medical Center Toms River, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJHC Culture Blood | $11.35 | file |
| Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Montclair, NJBacterial blood culture | $11.87 | file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJCulture Bact Aerobic Blood | $11.87 | file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJCulture Bact Aerobic Blood | $11.87 | file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJCULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES | $11.87 | file |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJCulture Bact Aerobic Blood | $11.87 | file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJCulture Bact Aerobic Blood | $11.87 | file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJCulture Bact Aerobic Blood | $11.87 | file |
File Link to the hospital's own price file.