Blood culture cost in Plymouth, IN
In Plymouth, IN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $13.00 to $274.95, with a median of $143.98. The lowest listed price is at Community Hospital of Bremen — $130.98 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $134.46 at 63 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 Plymouth, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital of Bremen lowest Bremen, IN · (574) 546-2211 Culture Blood Routine Low Volume | $13.00 | $20.00 | $6.20–$26.00 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Community Hospital of Bremen Bremen, IN · (574) 546-2211 SPECIMEN - BLOOD CULTURE | $109.85 | $169.00 | $52.39–$219.70 | 35% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth, IN · (574) 948-4000 HC Labcorp Culture Blood | $274.95 | $423.00 | $5.76–$423.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth, IN · (574) 948-4000 HC Culture Blood | $274.95 | $423.00 | $5.76–$423.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $13.00, median $143.98, highest $274.95 — a 21.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $143.98. 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 2 of 2 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 ($100.75). 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.
| Community Hospital of Bremen Bremen, INBlood Culture w/ Rapid ID | $9.52 | file |