Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Clewiston, FL

In Clewiston, FL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $1,152.55 to $1,152.55, with a median of $1,152.55. Across Florida, the median is $86.20 at 157 hospitals.

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

Lowest$1,152.55HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital
Median$1,152.55half pay less
Highest$1,152.55in 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 Clewiston, FL.

median
Lowest $1,152.55Highest $1,152.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital lowest Lehigh Acres, FL · (239) 369-2101 Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates $1,152.55 $1,152.55 $8.62 — Sep 1, 2026
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HCA Florida Lehigh Hospital lowest Lehigh Acres, FL · (239) 369-2101 CULTURE OTH SPEC AEROBIC $1,152.55 $1,152.55 $89.90–$1,060.35 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,152.55, median $1,152.55, highest $1,152.55.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.