Blood culture cost in Orlando, FL — inpatient
In Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria as an inpatient: from $68.00 to $261.66, with a median of $164.83. The lowest listed price is at AdventHealth Orlando — $96.83 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 inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdventHealth Orlando lowest Orlando, FL · (407) 303-1976 HC CULTURE BLOOD | $68.00 | $68.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Waterman Tavares, FL · (352) 253-3368 HC CULTURE BLOOD | $261.66 | $261.66 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $68.00, median $164.83, highest $261.66 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $54.35 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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 Central Ocoee, FLHb Blood Culture | $8.40 | file |
| South Lake Hospital Clermont, FLHb Blood Culture | $8.40 | file |
| Orlando Health Orlando, FLHb Blood Culture | $8.40 | file |
| Orlando Health St Cloud Hospital Saint Cloud, FLHb Blood Culture | $8.40 | file |