Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Ardmore, OK
In Ardmore, OK, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $38.35 to $124.15, with a median of $81.25. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Ardmore — $42.90 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $44.13 at 59 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Ardmore, OK.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore lowest Northwest Ardmore, OK · (580) 223-5400 Culture Spinal Fluid source file | $38.35 | $59.00 | $7.67–$19.03 | 35% |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore, OK · (580) 223-5400 Culture Bone Marrow+3 more lines at this price source file | $107.90 | $166.00 | $7.67–$166.00 | 35% |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore, OK · (580) 223-5400 Culture Eye+1 more line at this price source file | $121.55 | $187.00 | $7.67–$187.00 | 35% |
| Mercy Hospital Healdton Healdton, OK · (580) 229-0701 Culture IV Catheter Tip source file | $124.15 | $191.00 | $7.67–$14.22 | 35% |
| Mercy Hospital Healdton Healdton, OK · (580) 229-0701 Culture Eye+14 more lines at this price source file | $125.45 | $193.00 | $7.67–$173.70 | 35% |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore, OK · (580) 223-5400 Culture Blood Product+8 more lines at this price source file | $261.30 | $402.00 | $7.67–$402.00 | 35% |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore, OK · (580) 223-5400 Culture Wound Aerobic+1 more line at this price source file | $284.70 | $438.00 | $7.67–$19.03 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $38.35, median $81.25, highest $124.15 — a 3.2× difference within the same market.
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 bacterial culture grows bacteria from a sample such as a wound, throat swab, eye or fluid to find which germ causes an infection. It takes one to three days.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test; collecting the sample may be billed separately.