Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Brattleboro, VT
In Brattleboro, VT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $24.00 to $34.72, with a median of $29.36. The lowest listed price is at Grace Cottage Hospital — $5.36 less than the median here. Across Vermont, the median is $84.27 at 11 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 Dec 29, 2025 and Dec 29, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Brattleboro, VT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Cottage Hospital lowest Townshend, VT · (802) 365-7920 Culture Ear | $24.00 | $30.00 | $9.00–$30.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Grace Cottage Hospital lowest Townshend, VT · (802) 365-7920 Culture Respiratory | $24.00 | $30.00 | $9.00–$30.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Grace Cottage Hospital lowest Townshend, VT · (802) 365-7920 Culture Throat | $24.00 | $30.00 | $9.00–$30.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Grace Cottage Hospital lowest Townshend, VT · (802) 365-7920 Culture, Bacteria, Other | $24.00 | $30.00 | $9.00–$30.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Grace Cottage Hospital lowest Townshend, VT · (802) 365-7920 Culture Body Fluid | $24.00 | $30.00 | $9.00–$30.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Presumptive ID, non-Urine | $34.72 | $49.60 | $8.40–$57.74 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 CULTURE ROUTINE | $71.12 | $101.60 | $8.40–$98.55 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Genital | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Respiratory | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Throat | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Nasopharyngeal | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Nasal | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Eye | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Sputum | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Bronchial | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Bill Reproductive Culture | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture CSF | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Ear | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Wound | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Tissue | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Aerobic | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Body Fluid | $77.14 | $110.20 | $8.40–$106.89 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro, VT · (802) 257-0341 Culture Catheter Tip | $79.80 | $114.00 | $8.40–$110.58 | 30% | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $24.00, median $29.36, highest $34.72 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $34.72. 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.