Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Lake Havasu City, AZ
In Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ, 4 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $178.80 to $440.48, with a median of $296.82. The lowest listed price is at Western Arizona Regional Medical Center — $118.02 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $67.60 at 56 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 Aug 14, 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Arizona Regional Medical Center lowest Bullhead City, AZ · (928) 763-2273 CULTURE BACTERIA OTH | $178.80 | $1,490.01 | $5.88–$1,341.01 | 88% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kingman Regional Medical Center Kingman, AZ · (928) 757-2101 Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $208.95 | $597.00 | $8.62–$656.70 | 65% | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Valley View Medical Center Fort Mohave, AZ · (928) 788-2273 Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $384.69 | $641.15 | $13.91 | 40% | — source file |
| Havasu Regional Medical Center Lake Havasu City, AZ · (928) 855-8185 Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $440.48 | $734.14 | $8.62–$734.14 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $178.80, median $296.82, highest $440.48 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $312.90. 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 3 of 4 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.