Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Clearlake, CA
In Clearlake, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $423.00 to $423.00, with a median of $423.00. Across California, the median is $133.00 at 193 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Clearlake, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT BODY FLUID | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT NASAL | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT OTHER SOURCE AEROBIC | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULTURE CATHETER TIP | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULTURE EAR | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULTURE EYE | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT FLUID | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT CSF | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT GENITAL | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT SPUTUM | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CORE CULT WOUND AEROBIC | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CULT NASAL | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CULT OTHER SOURCE AEROBIC NOT UR/BLD/STL | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Lakeside Hospital lowest Lakeport, CA · (707) 262-5000 HCHG CULTURE SPUTUM | $423.00 | $423.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $423.00, median $423.00, highest $423.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $423.00. 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.