Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Celina, OH

In Celina, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $21.66 to $21.66, with a median of $21.66. Across Ohio, the median is $67.75 at 130 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 May 1, 2026 and May 1, 2026.

Lowest$21.66Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital

Median$21.66half of hospitals charge less

Highest$21.66in 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 Celina, OH.

median

Lowest $21.66Highest $132.33

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital lowest Coldwater, OH · (419) 678-4843 Hc So Bacterial Culture - Othr Source File of May 1, 2026 · source file	$21.66	$21.66	—	—
Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital Coldwater, OH · (419) 678-4843 Hc Bacterial Culture Other Source File of May 1, 2026 · source file	$132.33	$132.33	—	—

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Outpatient: lowest $21.66, median $21.66, highest $21.66.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $21.66. 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 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.