Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Port St. Lucie, FL
In Port St. Lucie, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $13.00 to $85.00, with a median of $49.00. The lowest listed price is at Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital — $36.00 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $86.20 at 157 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 15, 2026 and Sep 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 Port St. Lucie, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital lowest Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 CULTURE AEROBIC OTHER PRES ID File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $13.00 | $20.00 | $5.86–$18.00 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 *BACTERIAL CULTURE-OTHR SOURCE File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $28.60 | $44.00 | $12.89–$39.60 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 CULT AEROBIC OTHER PRES ID File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $30.55 | $47.00 | $13.77–$42.30 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 *BACTERIAL CULTURE OTHR SOURCE File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $52.00 | $80.00 | $23.44–$72.00 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 %IOHWC CULTURE File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $72.15 | $111.00 | $32.52–$99.90 | 35% |
| HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital Port Saint Lucie, FL · (772) 335-4000 CULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $85.00 | $85.00 | $7.31–$72.25 | — |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital Stuart, FL · (772) 287-5200 CULTURE, BACTERIAL, AEROBIC+1 more line at this price File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $139.75 | $215.00 | $63.00–$193.50 | 35% |
| HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital Port Saint Lucie, FL · (772) 335-4000 CULTURE BONE MARROW File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $333.00 | $333.00 | $28.64–$283.05 | — |
| HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital Port Saint Lucie, FL · (772) 335-4000 CULTURE CATHETER TIP+13 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,635.00 | $1,635.00 | $140.61–$1,389.75 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $13.00, median $49.00, highest $85.00 — a 6.5× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 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.