Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Oxford, MS — inpatient
In Oxford, MS, 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 $59.50 to $59.50, with a median of $59.50. Across Mississippi, the median is $53.04 at 53 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 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 Oxford, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalobusha General Hospital lowest Water Valley, MS · (662) 473-1411 SINUS CULTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $59.50 | $85.00 | $76.50 | 30% |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS · (662) 473-1411 EAR CULTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $73.50 | $105.00 | $94.50 | 30% |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS · (662) 473-1411 EYE CULTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $74.20 | $106.00 | $95.40 | 30% |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS · (662) 473-1411 SPUTUM CULTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $120.00 | $108.00 | 30% |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS · (662) 473-1411 CYSTIC FIBROSIS RESPIRATORY CULTURE 1 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $99.23 | $141.75 | $127.58 | 30% |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS · (662) 473-1411 CLT-NASOPHARYGEAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $126.00 | $180.00 | $162.00 | 30% |
Inpatient: lowest $59.50, median $59.50, highest $59.50.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $59.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($87.75). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Oxford, MSCULTURE AEROBIC SOURCE OTHER THAN BLOOD/URINE/STOOL | $6.90 | file |