Blood culture cost in Rochester, NY
In Rochester, NY, 8 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $31.00 to $49.30, with a median of $37.35. The lowest listed price is at F.F. Thompson Hospital — $6.35 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $53.22 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 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 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 Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F.F. Thompson Hospital lowest Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $31.00 | — | — | — | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $32.00 | — | — | — | — source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC BLOOD CULTURE | $45.97 | $57.46 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $49.30 | — | $9.47–$32.21 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $49.30 | — | $9.18–$18.52 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $31.00, median $37.35, highest $49.30 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $37.35. 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 0 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.