Blood culture cost in Oklahoma City, OK
In Oklahoma City, OK, 6 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $11.20 to $423.80, with a median of $42.40. The lowest listed price is at Oklahoma Heart Hospital and 1 other hospital — $31.20 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $75.35 at 28 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 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 Mar 27, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 Oklahoma City, OK.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC Blood Culture for Bacteria | $11.20 | $32.00 | $8.00–$125.21 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South lowest Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC Blood Culture for Bacteria | $11.20 | $32.00 | $8.00–$106.96 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Crescent, OK Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $31.50 | $42.00 | $23.10 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Crescent, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $31.50 | $42.00 | $23.10 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Crescent, OK Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $31.50 | $42.00 | $23.10 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Crescent, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $31.50 | $42.00 | $23.10 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center|Oklahoma Childrens Hospital| OU Health Edmond Medical Center Oklahoma City, OK BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $53.30 | $533.00 | $10.32–$448.00 | 90% | — source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC Bill Micro Culture Blood | $67.55 | $193.00 | $9.18–$173.70 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC Bill Micro Culture Blood | $67.55 | $193.00 | $9.18–$173.70 | 65% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie, OK · (405) 282-6700 Culture Blood Bacterial | $117.00 | $180.00 | $9.18–$75.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 608-3200 HC Blood Culture for Bacteria | $149.69 | — | $9.18–$125.21 | — | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 755-1515 Culture Blood Bacterial | $423.80 | $652.00 | $8.40–$59.05 | 35% | — source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Oklahoma City, OK · (405) 628-6000 HC Blood Culture for Bacteria | $624.96 | — | $9.18–$106.96 | — | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $11.20, median $42.40, highest $423.80 — a 37.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $23.63. 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 3 of 6 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87040 ($100.22). 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.
| OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center|Oklahoma Childrens Hospital| OU Health Edmond Medical Center Oklahoma City, OKBLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $1.50 | file |