Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Fort Collins, CO
In Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $10.88 to $10.88, with a median of $10.88. Across Colorado, the median is $99.60 at 49 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 Mar 2, 2026 and Mar 2, 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 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center lowest Fort Collins, CO · (970) 821-4000 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC OTHER | $10.88 | $75.00 | $8.36–$71.25 | 85% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, CO · (970) 821-4000 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC TISSUE | $16.24 | $112.00 | $8.36–$106.40 | 86% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, CO · (970) 821-4000 LAB CULT BACT AEROBIC CONFIRMATION | $20.30 | $140.00 | $8.36–$133.00 | 86% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $10.88, median $10.88, highest $10.88.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.88. 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 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.
9 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($92.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT FLUID BODY STERILE | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC CSF | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC EAR | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC CATHETER TIP | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC GENITAL | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC RESP LOWER | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC RESP UPPER | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC WOUND | $3.77 | file |
| Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, COLAB CULT BACT AEROBIC EYE | $8.84 | file |