Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Lexington, NE
In Lexington, NE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $21.00 to $110.69, with a median of $65.85. The lowest listed price is at Cozad Community Hospital — $44.85 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $77.42 at 52 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 Dec 28, 2025 and Dec 28, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lexington, NE.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozad Community Hospital lowest Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Culture, Csf Only(rl) source file | $21.00 | $23.00 | $13.00–$23.00 | 9% |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Synovial Fluid Culture P-1(rl) source file | $32.00 | $35.00 | $20.00–$35.00 | 9% |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Culture Aerobic/anaerobic W/gramstai(rl)+1 more line at this price source file | $81.00 | $90.00 | $50.00–$90.00 | 10% |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Culture Aerobic W/gram Stain (Rl) source file | $82.00 | $91.00 | $51.00–$91.00 | 10% |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Genc/genital Cult 1 (Rl) source file | $107.00 | $119.00 | $67.00–$119.00 | 10% |
| Lexington Regional Health Center Lexington, NE · (308) 324-5651 Culture Sputum MHP+10 more lines at this price File of Dec 28, 2025 · source file | $110.69 | $115.30 | $57.65–$115.30 | 4% |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Fluid Culture (Rl) source file | $112.00 | $124.00 | $69.00–$124.00 | 10% |
| Cozad Community Hospital Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Respiratory Culture (Rl) source file | $377.00 | $419.00 | $235.00–$419.00 | 10% |
Outpatient: lowest $21.00, median $65.85, highest $110.69 — a 5.3× 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 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.