Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Corning, NY
In Corning, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $41.00 to $144.94, with a median of $43.31. The lowest listed price is at St. James Hospital — $2.31 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $39.59 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 27, 2026 and Mar 27, 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 Corning, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James Hospital lowest Hornell, NY · (607) 324-8000 HB Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol | $41.00 | — | — | — | — source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC Urethral-Vaginal Culture | $43.31 | $216.57 | $184.08–$216.57 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC Cult Ear | $43.31 | $216.57 | $184.08–$216.57 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC Throat Culture | $43.32 | $216.60 | $184.11–$216.60 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC Cult Sputum | $43.32 | $216.60 | $184.11–$216.60 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC Cult Tissue | $43.32 | $216.60 | $184.11–$216.60 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath, NY · (607) 776-8500 HC Body Fluid Culture | $43.32 | $216.60 | $184.11–$216.60 | 80% | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Wound/Abscess | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Body Fluid | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Body Fluid | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Urogenital | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Urogenital | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Intraop Incis Ster | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Intraop Incis Ster | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Throat | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Throat | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture, Aerolisc to Isol | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture, Aerolisc to Isol | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Transfusion Product Culture | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Sputum | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Transfusion Product Culture | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Sputum | $144.94 | $181.17 | $9.22–$181.17 | 20% | — source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning, NY · (607) 937-7200 Culture Wound/Abscess | $144.94 | $181.17 | $10.80–$116.20 | 20% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $41.00, median $43.31, highest $144.94 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $144.94. 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 2 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 1 it is 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.