Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Monticello, NY
In Monticello, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $30.90 to $30.90, with a median of $30.90. Across New York, the median is $38.38 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Monticello, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills lowest Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC NOSE CULTURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.90 | $167.00 | — | 81% |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC CULTURE EAR+5 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $97.50 | $527.00 | — | 81% |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC LEGIONELLA CULTURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $104.90 | $567.00 | — | 81% |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC CULTURE WOUND AEROBIC+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $127.10 | $687.00 | — | 81% |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC CULTURE CATH. TIP+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $136.90 | $740.00 | — | 82% |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NY · (845) 794-3300 HC BACTERIAL CULTURE, CYSTIC FIBROSIS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $173.16 | $936.00 | — | 82% |
Outpatient: lowest $30.90, median $30.90, highest $30.90.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $30.90. 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 ($91.03). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills Harris, NYHC AEROBIC CULTURE (QUEST) | $5.00 | file |