Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Salem, OH
In Salem, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $95.50 to $95.50, with a median of $95.50. Across Ohio, the median is $68.50 at 131 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 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 Salem, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 CULTURE GENERAL +NEEDED SENSI | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 BAL RESPIRATORY CULTURE + SENS | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 RESPIRATORY CULTURE + SENSI | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 CSF CULTURE + NEEDED SENSI | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 CULTURE GENITAL & NEEDED SENSI | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 CULTURE WOUND | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 EYE CULTURE | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 EAR CULTURE | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 CATH TIP CULTURE | $95.50 | $95.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 CULTURE, LEGIONELLA | $118.50 | $118.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $95.50, median $95.50, highest $95.50.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $95.50. 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.
10 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($92.00). 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.
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHBODY FLUID CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHCSF CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHEAR CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHEYE CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHLEGIONELLA SPECIES CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHNOSE CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHROUTINE CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHSPUTUM CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHTHROAT CULTURE | $8.00 | file |
| East Liverpool City Hospital East Liverpool, OHWOUND CULTURE | $8.00 | file |