Blood culture cost in Tallahassee, FL
In Tallahassee, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $397.70 to $579.94, with a median of $488.82. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Capital Hospital — $91.12 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $394.10 at 138 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 87040, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Tallahassee, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate) | $397.70 | $397.70 | $10.32 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CULTURE BLOOD | $397.70 | $397.70 | $61.25–$397.70 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate) UNSCHEDULED | $397.70 | $397.70 | $228.68–$240.72 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Tallahassee, FL · (850) 431-1155 HC CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES | $579.94 | $828.48 | — | 30% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $397.70, median $488.82, highest $579.94 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $579.94. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.