Lab tests CPT 87040 Outpatient

Blood culture cost in Weatherford, OK

In Weatherford, OK, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $40.80 to $94.40, with a median of $67.60. The lowest listed price is at Cordell Memorial Hospital 0189 — $26.80 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $61.70 at 43 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 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 24, 2026 and Jun 24, 2026.

Lowest$40.80Cordell Memorial Hospital 0189
Median$67.60half pay less
Highest$94.40in this market
Difference2.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Weatherford, OK.

median
Lowest $40.80Highest $94.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Cordell Memorial Hospital 0189 lowest Cordell, OK · (580) 832-3339 Bacterial blood culture $40.80 $51.00 $13.26–$90.73 20% Jun 24, 2026
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Weatherford Regional Hospital, INC of Weatherford Weatherford, OK · (580) 772-5551 Bacterial blood culture $94.40 $118.00 $42.48–$118.00 20% Jun 24, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $40.80, median $67.60, highest $94.40 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.

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.