Lab tests CPT 87070 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) as an inpatient: from $63.64 to $153.00, with a median of $79.28. The lowest listed price is at Southern NH Medical Center — $15.64 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $92.10 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$63.64Southern NH Medical Center

Median$79.28half of hospitals charge less

Highest$153.00in this market

Difference2.4×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median

Lowest $63.64Highest $153.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Southern NH Medical Center lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC CULTURE BACTERIAL ANY SOURCE AEROBIC ISO&AMP;ID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$63.64	$172.00	—	63%
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC CULTURE AEROBIC+1 more line at this price source file	$76.05	$195.00	—	61%
Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Culture Bacterial Any Source Aerobic Iso&Amp;Id File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$82.51	$223.00	—	63%
Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CULTURE CORNEA+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$153.00	$255.00	—	40%

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.

Inpatient: lowest $63.64, median $79.28, highest $153.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $79.28 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.