Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Monroe, LA
In Monroe, LA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $27.20 to $44.20, with a median of $36.75. The lowest listed price is at Morehouse General Hospital — $9.55 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $28.15 at 54 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 5 cities for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Sep 11, 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 Monroe, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse General Hospital lowest Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 BORDETELLA PERT CULT | $27.20 | $34.00 | $6.47–$27.20 | 20% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE AEROBIC BACTERIA | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE AEROBIC ROUTINE | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE RESPIRATORY, NASAL | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE GENITAL | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE LOWER RESP,SPUTUM | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE NASAL | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE SINUS | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE THROAT | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE WOUND/TISSUE | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CULTURE, SPUTUM | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 LC-CULTURE AEROBIC ROUTINE | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 LC-CULTURE LOWER RESP.SPUTUM | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 LC-CULTURE RESPIRATORY | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 LC-CULTURE SINUS | $29.09 | $38.79 | $8.61–$34.91 | 25% | — source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville, LA · (318) 728-8292 CULTURE-WOUND | $36.75 | $49.00 | $4.30–$39.20 | 25% | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville, LA · (318) 728-8292 CULTURE-EAR | $36.75 | $49.00 | $4.30–$39.20 | 25% | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville, LA · (318) 728-8292 CULTURE-EYE | $36.75 | $49.00 | $4.30–$39.20 | 25% | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville, LA · (318) 728-8292 CULTURE-NASOPHARYNG | $36.75 | $49.00 | $4.30–$39.20 | 25% | May 18, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 THROAT CULTURE | $39.20 | $49.00 | $6.47–$39.20 | 20% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 SPUTUM CULTURE | $39.20 | $49.00 | $6.47–$39.20 | 20% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Reeves Memorial Medical Center Bernice, LA · (318) 285-9066 THROAT CULTURE | $43.50 | $87.00 | $26.08–$60.90 | 50% | Aug 26, 2026 source file |
| Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi Delhi, LA · (318) 878-5171 Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $44.20 | $68.00 | $29.07–$64.60 | 35% | Sep 11, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 MISC CULTURE | $44.80 | $56.00 | $6.47–$44.80 | 20% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 SPINAL FLUID CULTURE | $50.40 | $63.00 | $6.47–$50.40 | 20% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 ZZZCULTURE SPUTUM | $64.07 | $85.43 | $8.61–$76.89 | 25% | — source file |
| Reeves Memorial Medical Center Bernice, LA · (318) 285-9066 CULTURE AEROBIC | $96.50 | $193.00 | $26.08–$135.10 | 50% | Aug 26, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $27.20, median $36.75, highest $44.20 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 5 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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LAABSCESS CULTURE- TEST EXCHANGE | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LABACTERIAL CULTURE -OTHR SOURCE | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LABODY FLUID CULTURE-TST EXCHNG | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LACSF CULTURE- TEST EXCHANGE | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LAGENITAL CULTURE-TEST EXCHANGE | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LARESPIRATORY CULTURE-TST EXCH | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LATISSUE CULTURE-TEST EXCHANGE | $8.45 | file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LAWOUND CULTURE-TEST EXCHANGE | $8.45 | file |