Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Cookeville, TN

In Cookeville, TN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $37.28 to $37.28, with a median of $37.28. Across Tennessee, the median is $40.20 at 88 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$37.28Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital

Median$37.28half pay less

Highest$37.28in 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 Cookeville, TN.

median

Lowest $37.28Highest $79.47

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital lowest Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE AEROBE	$37.28	$124.25	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital lowest Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE AEROBE	$37.28	$124.25	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE LEGIONELLA	$55.32	$184.40	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE LEGIONELLA	$55.32	$184.40	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE CATH TIP	$66.86	$222.85	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE BRUCELLA	$66.86	$222.85	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE BRUCELLA	$66.86	$222.85	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE CATH TIP	$66.86	$222.85	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE	$78.35	$261.15	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE	$78.35	$261.15	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE SPUTUM	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE SPUTUM	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE RESPIRATORY	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE-CSF	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE RESPIRATORY	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE-CSF	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE THROAT	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE THROAT	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE GYN	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE GYN	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE EPIDEMIOLOGY	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE EPIDEMIOLOGY	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE BONE MARROW	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file
Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital Sparta, TN · (931) 738-9211 CULTURE BONE MARROW	$79.47	$264.90	$6.04–$33.86	70%	— source file

Outpatient: lowest $37.28, median $37.28, highest $37.28.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $37.28. 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 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.