Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Olympia, WA
In Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $278.20 to $278.20, with a median of $278.20. Across Washington, the median is $88.20 at 59 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence St Peter Hospital lowest Olympia, WA · (360) 493-7179 HC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL LAB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $278.20 | $535.00 | — | 48% |
Outpatient: lowest $278.20, median $278.20, highest $278.20.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $278.20. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Providence St Peter Hospital Olympia, WAHC CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL CDM | $7.80 | file |