Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Greenwood, SC
In Greenwood, SC, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $48.00 to $56.00, with a median of $52.00. The lowest listed price is at Self Regional Healthcare — $4.00 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $123.54 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 30, 2026 and Mar 30, 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 Greenwood, SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self Regional Healthcare lowest Greenwood, SC · (864) 227-4111 HC Culture Aerob,Other Source File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $48.00 | $80.00 | $68.64–$73.60 | 40% |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville, SC · (864) 366-5011 HC Culture Aerob,Other Source File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $56.00 | $80.00 | $24.00–$57.52 | 30% |
| Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC · (864) 227-4111 HC Vaginal Culture+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $107.28 | $178.80 | $153.41–$164.50 | 40% |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville, SC · (864) 366-5011 HC Vaginal Culture+1 more line at this price File of Mar 30, 2026 · source file | $125.16 | $178.80 | $53.64–$128.56 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $48.00, median $52.00, highest $56.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
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.