Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Naples, FL
In Naples-Marco Island, FL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $76.40 to $129.08, with a median of $119.86. The lowest listed price is at Naples Community Hospital — $43.46 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $90.00 at 151 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities 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 Jul 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 Naples-Marco Island, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naples Community Hospital lowest Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL - LEGIONELLA CULTURE File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $76.40 | $191.00 | — | 60% |
| Physicians Regional - Collier Boulevard Naples, FL CULTURE BACTERIA OTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $110.64 | $614.69 | $7.76–$614.69 | 82% |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL - EAR CULTURE File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $120.00 | $300.00 | — | 60% |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL - RESPIRATORY CULTURE+2 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $126.00 | $315.00 | — | 60% |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FL · (239) 304-5145 CULTURE BACTERIA OTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $129.08 | $614.69 | $7.76–$614.69 | 79% |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge Naples, FL · (239) 304-5145 CULTURE BACTERIA OTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $129.08 | $614.69 | $7.76–$614.69 | 79% |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL - GENITAL CULTURE+5 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $140.00 | $350.00 | — | 60% |
| Naples Community Hospital Naples, FL · (239) 624-5000 HC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL - MISC SOURCE File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $168.80 | $422.00 | — | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $76.40, median $119.86, highest $129.08 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $9.65. 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 3 of 3 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.
18 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($87.04). 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.