Lab tests CPT 87070 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Crescent City, CA — inpatient

In Crescent City, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) as an inpatient: from $306.00 to $306.00, with a median of $306.00. Across California, the median is $133.00 at 193 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$306.00Sutter Coast Hospital
Median$306.00half pay less
Highest$306.00in 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 Crescent City, CA.

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Lowest $306.00Highest $423.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

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Sutter Coast Hospital lowest Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULT WOUND $306.00 $306.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULT NASAL $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULT OTHER SOURCE AEROBIC $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULTURE CATHETER TIP $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULTURE EAR $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULTURE EYE $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULTURE WOUND $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULT FLUID $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULT BODY FLUID $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULT OTHER SOURCE AEROBIC $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULTURE CATHETER TIP $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULTURE EAR $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULTURE EYE $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULT NASAL $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULTURE SPUTUM $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CULTURE CSF $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Sutter Coast Hospital Crescent City, CA · (707) 464-8511 HCHG CORE CULT CSF $423.00 $423.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $306.00, median $306.00, highest $306.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $306.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.