Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Logan, UT
In Logan, UT-ID, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $60.34 to $80.00, with a median of $70.17. The lowest listed price is at Cache Valley Hospital — $9.83 less than the median here. Across Utah, the median is $102.73 at 16 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 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 12, 2025 and Sep 1, 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 Logan, UT-ID.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Valley Hospital lowest North Logan, UT · (435) 713-9700 CULTURE BODY FLUID+11 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $60.34 | $60.34 | $12.42–$51.29 | — |
| Franklin County Medical Center Preston, ID · (208) 852-0137 EYE EAR CULTURE File of Nov 12, 2025 · source file | $80.00 | $80.00 | $35.75–$101.30 | — |
| Franklin County Medical Center Preston, ID · (208) 852-0137 CSF CULTURE File of Nov 12, 2025 · source file | $85.00 | $85.00 | $35.75–$101.30 | — |
| Franklin County Medical Center Preston, ID · (208) 852-0137 VAGINAL CULTURE File of Nov 12, 2025 · source file | $90.00 | $90.00 | $35.75–$101.30 | — |
| Franklin County Medical Center Preston, ID · (208) 852-0137 WOUND CULTURE+1 more line at this price File of Nov 12, 2025 · source file | $96.00 | $96.00 | $35.75–$101.30 | — |
| Franklin County Medical Center Preston, ID · (208) 852-0137 THROAT/NASAL CULTURE File of Nov 12, 2025 · source file | $104.00 | $104.00 | $35.75–$101.30 | — |
| Cache Valley Hospital North Logan, UT · (435) 713-9700 CULTURE ABSCESS File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $128.96 | $128.96 | $26.55–$109.62 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $60.34, median $70.17, highest $80.00 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $80.00. 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 1 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.