Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Lewiston, ME
In Lewiston-Auburn, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $28.12 to $28.12, with a median of $28.12. Across Maine, the median is $61.51 at 28 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lewiston-Auburn, ME.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Regional Medical Center lowest Lewiston, ME · (207) 777-8100 HC CULTURE AEROBIC | $28.12 | $74.00 | — | 62% | — source file |
| St Mary's Regional Medical Center lowest Lewiston, ME · (207) 777-8100 HC SO BODY FLUID CULTURE | $28.12 | $74.00 | — | 62% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $28.12, median $28.12, highest $28.12.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $28.12. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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 ($92.00). 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.
| Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston, MEHC CULTURE SPEC, BACTERIA, NOT URINE,STOOL,BLOOD | $8.00 | file |