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Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Lafayette, LA

In Lafayette, LA, 7 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $11.70 to $38.79, with a median of $16.20. The lowest listed price is at Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital — $4.50 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $29.24 at 56 hospitals.

Cash prices at 7 facilities across 6 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 Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 9, 2026.

Lowest$11.70Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Median$16.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$38.79in this market
Difference3.3×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 Lafayette, LA.

median
Lowest $11.70Highest $102.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital lowest Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC CULTURE MISC+1 more line at this price source file $11.70 $26.00 $8.62–$19.41 55%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS+1 more line at this price source file $12.60 $28.00 $8.62–$19.60 55%
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LA · (337) 261-6000 HC BODY FLUID CULTURE+9 more lines at this price source file $14.04 $54.00 $4.31–$29.54 74%
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LA · (337) 783-3222 HC CULTURE, EYE+9 more lines at this price source file $15.18 $66.00 $4.31–$51.74 77%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC CULTURE, WOUND source file $16.20 $54.00 $8.62–$49.14 70%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC SPINAL FLD CULTURE+6 more lines at this price source file $16.80 $56.00 $8.62–$50.96 70%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 WATER CULTURE File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $20.10 $67.00 $6.90–$3,729.00 70%
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LA · (337) 289-7991 HC CULTURE BIOPSY/SURG SPC+9 more lines at this price source file $22.47 $107.00 $8.59–$64.20 79%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CULTURE THROAT File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $27.60 $92.00 $6.90–$3,729.00 70%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC RESPIRATORY CULTURE source file $28.50 $95.00 $8.62–$86.45 70%
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LA · (337) 332-2178 HC CULTURE BIOPSY/SURG SPC source file $28.80 $96.00 $8.62–$87.36 70%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC CULTURE BIOPSY/SURG SPC+8 more lines at this price source file $34.20 $76.00 $8.62–$53.20 55%
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital Kaplan, LA · (337) 643-8300 HC RESPIRATORY CULTURE source file $38.25 $85.00 $8.62–$59.50 55%
Acadia St Landry Church Point, LA · (337) 684-5435 CULTURE BODY FLUID+5 more lines at this price source file $38.79 $51.72 — 25%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CULTURE SPUTUM File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $52.35 $174.50 $6.90–$3,729.00 70%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CULTURE WOUND+7 more lines at this price File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $100.80 $336.00 $6.90–$3,729.00 70%
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LA · (337) 580-7903 CULT NASOPHARYNGEAL+1 more line at this price File of Jun 9, 2026 · source file $102.60 $342.00 $6.90–$3,729.00 70%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Outpatient: lowest $11.70, median $16.20, highest $38.79 — a 3.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $16.20. 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 6 of 6 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.

18 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($91.03). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LAHC CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL $5.46 file
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LAHC CULTURE MISC $5.46 file
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LAHC CULTURE, ROUTINE AEROBIC $5.88 file
Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette, LAHC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS $5.88 file
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LAHC CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL $5.98 file
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LAHC CULTURE MISC $5.98 file
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LAHC CULTURE, ROUTINE AEROBIC $6.44 file
Acadia General Hospital Crowley, LAHC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS $6.44 file
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LAHC CULTURE MISC $6.76 file
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LAHC CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL $6.76 file
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LACULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC $7.05 file
Acadian Medical Center Eunice, LACULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI $7.05 file
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LAHC CULTURE, ROUTINE AEROBIC $7.28 file
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics Lafayette, LAHC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS $7.28 file
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LAHC CULTURE MISC $7.80 file
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LAHC CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL $7.80 file
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LAHC CULTURE, ROUTINE AEROBIC $8.40 file
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital Breaux Bridge, LAHC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS $8.40 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.