Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Casper, WY
In Casper, WY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $10.92 to $66.69, with a median of $38.81. The lowest listed price is at Banner Wyoming Medical Center — $27.89 less than the median here. Across Wyoming, the median is $73.60 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 2, 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 Casper, WY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC CATHETER TIP | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC CSF | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC EAR | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC GENITAL | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC RESP LOWER | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC RESP UPPER | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC WOUND | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center lowest Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT FLUID BODY STERILE | $10.92 | $26.00 | $7.02–$25.48 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC EYE | $25.62 | $61.00 | $8.62–$59.78 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC OTHER NS | $28.56 | $68.00 | $8.62–$66.64 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC OTHER | $31.50 | $75.00 | $8.62–$73.50 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY · (307) 577-7201 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC TISSUE | $47.04 | $112.00 | $8.62–$109.76 | 58% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Summit Medical Center Casper, WY · (307) 232-6600 CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $66.69 | $117.00 | $13.00 | 43% | — source file |
| Summit Medical Center Casper, WY · (307) 232-6600 BACTERIAL CULTURE; ANY OTHER SOURCE EXCEPT URINE; BLOOD OR STOOL; AEROBIC | $84.36 | $148.00 | $13.00 | 43% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $10.92, median $38.81, highest $66.69 — a 6.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.92. 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 1 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.