Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Kiryas Joel, NY
In Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $30.25 to $137.00, with a median of $120.50. The lowest listed price is at Garnet Health Medical Center — $90.25 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $38.38 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Jul 28, 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Health Medical Center lowest Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Nose Culture | $30.25 | $121.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Sputum | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Wound Aerobic | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Naso/Pharyngeal | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Genital | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Respiratory | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Cath. Tip | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Csf | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Ear | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Environmental | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Culture Eye | $94.00 | $376.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mid Hudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $104.00 | $104.00 | $6.03–$104.00 | — | Jul 28, 2026 source file |
| Mid Hudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie, NY BACTERIAL CULTURE - OTHR SOURC | $104.00 | $104.00 | $6.03–$104.00 | — | Jul 28, 2026 source file |
| Bon Secours Community Hospital Port Jervis, NY · (845) 856-5351 87070 -Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or | $137.00 | $137.00 | $8.62–$406.28 | — | Jun 29, 2026 source file |
| Bon Secours Community Hospital Port Jervis, NY · (845) 856-5351 Total Joint Culture w/Ana 14 Day Hold | $137.00 | $137.00 | $8.62–$406.28 | — | Jun 29, 2026 source file |
| St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY · (845) 986-2276 87070 -Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or | $137.00 | $137.00 | $8.62–$406.28 | — | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| St Anthony Community Hospital Warwick, NY · (845) 986-2276 Total Joint Culture w/Ana 14 Day Hold | $137.00 | $137.00 | $8.62–$406.28 | — | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NY · (845) 343-2424 Hc Bacterial Culture, Cystic Fibrosis | $178.25 | $713.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $30.25, median $120.50, highest $137.00 — a 4.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $120.50. 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 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 none is it 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($91.20). 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.
| Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown, NYHc Aerobic Culture (Quest) | $6.25 | file |