Lab tests CPT 87040 Outpatient

Blood culture cost in Wellsville, NY

In Wellsville, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $34.00 to $34.00, with a median of $34.00. Across New York, the median is $53.22 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$34.00Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp
Median$34.00half pay less
Highest$34.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Wellsville, NY.

median
Lowest $34.00Highest $39.36

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp lowest Wellsville, NY · (585) 593-1100 HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates $34.00 — — — —
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Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville, NY · (585) 593-1100 CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES $39.36 $66.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $34.00, median $34.00, highest $34.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $39.36. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.