Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Grand Rapids, MN — inpatient
In Grand Rapids, MN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) as an inpatient: from $10.20 to $99.03, with a median of $97.27. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital — $87.07 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $69.27 at 82 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 15, 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 Grand Rapids, MN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC CULTURE, ABCESS File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $10.20 | $24.00 | $10.92–$23.88 | 58% |
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC CULTURE, EYE SPECIAL+8 more lines at this price File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $11.05 | $26.00 | $11.83–$25.87 | 58% |
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC CULTURE,WOUND File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $29.96 | $70.48 | $32.07–$70.14 | 57% |
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC CULTURE, MISC+10 more lines at this price File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $30.18 | $71.00 | $32.31–$70.65 | 57% |
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN · (218) 326-3401 HC CULTURE, CSF File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $30.43 | $71.60 | $32.58–$71.25 | 58% |
| Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork, MN · (218) 743-3177 CULTURE-MRSA OTHER SOURCE File of Sep 15, 2026 · source file | $97.27 | $137.00 | $8.45–$132.89 | 29% |
| Essentia Health Deer River Deer River, MN · (218) 246-4200 LAB CULTURE BACTERIA File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $99.03 | $134.00 | $53.87–$134.00 | 26% |
Inpatient: lowest $10.20, median $97.27, highest $99.03 — a 9.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $97.27 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 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.