Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Blytheville, AR
In Blytheville, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $63.74 to $63.74, with a median of $63.74. The lowest listed price is at McHs-Smc Regional Medical Center and 1 other hospital. Across Arkansas, the median is $38.48 at 49 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 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 22, 2026 and Sep 22, 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 Blytheville, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McHs-Smc Regional Medical Center lowest Osceola, AR · (870) 563-7000 CULTURE RESPIRATORY | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$285.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Smc Regional Medical Center lowest Osceola, AR · (870) 563-7000 CULTURE ROUTINE | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$285.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Smc Regional Medical Center lowest Osceola, AR · (870) 563-7000 CULTURE,EXUDATE | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$285.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 *C- CULT RESPIRATORY | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$487.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 CULT. RESPIRATORY | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$487.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 CULT. ROUTINE | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$487.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 *C- CULT EXUDATE | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$487.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 CULTURE,EXUDATE | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$487.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| McHs-Great River Medical Center lowest Blytheville, AR · (870) 838-7300 CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $63.74 | $95.00 | $7.27–$487.00 | 33% | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $63.74, median $63.74, highest $63.74.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $63.74. 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 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 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($92.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| McHs-Great River Medical Center Blytheville, AR*C- CULT ROUTINE | $8.05 | file |