Lab tests CPT 87070 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Norwalk, OH — inpatient

In Norwalk, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) as an inpatient: from $99.60 to $99.60, with a median of $99.60. Across Ohio, the median is $67.75 at 130 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$99.60Mercy Health Willard Hospital

Median$99.60half of hospitals charge less

Highest$99.60in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Mercy Health Willard Hospital Willard, OH · (419) 964-5000 HC Culture, Aerobic File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$99.60	$166.00	—	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 $99.60, median $99.60, highest $99.60.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $99.60 — 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.