Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Sayre, PA
In Sayre, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $62.20 to $166.08, with a median of $104.12. The lowest listed price is at Troy Community Hospital — $41.92 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $61.20 at 93 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Sayre, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Community Hospital lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Intraop Incis Ster | $62.20 | $77.75 | $6.90–$77.75 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Intraop Incis Ster | $62.20 | $77.75 | $8.23–$53.70 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $62.20 | $77.75 | $8.23–$53.70 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital lowest Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $62.20 | $77.75 | $6.90–$77.75 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Sputum | $87.20 | $109.00 | $8.23–$75.29 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Sputum | $87.20 | $109.00 | $6.90–$109.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Body Fluid | $92.80 | $116.00 | $6.90–$116.00 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Body Fluid | $92.80 | $116.00 | $10.80 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Transfusion Product Culture | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Body Fluid | $104.12 | $130.15 | $10.80 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Throat | $104.12 | $130.15 | $10.80 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $104.12 | $130.15 | $8.23–$104.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Sputum | $104.12 | $130.15 | $8.23–$104.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Sputum | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Wound/Abscess | $104.12 | $130.15 | $8.23–$104.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Wound/Abscess | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Body Fluid | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Urogenital | $104.12 | $130.15 | $8.23–$104.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Urogenital | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Intraop Incis Ster | $104.12 | $130.15 | $8.23–$104.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Intraop Incis Ster | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Culture Throat | $104.12 | $130.15 | $6.90–$130.15 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre, PA · (570) 888-6666 Transfusion Product Culture | $104.12 | $130.15 | $8.23–$104.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Transfusion Product Culture | $107.60 | $134.50 | $6.90–$134.50 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Transfusion Product Culture | $107.60 | $134.50 | $10.80 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Urogenital | $107.60 | $134.50 | $6.90–$134.50 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Urogenital | $107.60 | $134.50 | $8.23–$92.90 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Wound/Abscess | $109.20 | $136.50 | $8.23–$94.28 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Wound/Abscess | $109.20 | $136.50 | $6.90–$136.50 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Throat | $146.60 | $183.25 | $9.33–$183.25 | 20% | — source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy, PA · (570) 297-2121 Culture Throat | $146.60 | $183.25 | $10.80 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Aerobic and Anaerobic Cul | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Sputum | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Sputum | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Wound/Abscess | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Wound/Abscess | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Body Fluid | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Urogenital | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Body Fluid | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Urogenital | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Intraop Incis Ster | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Intraop Incis Ster | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Throat | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Culture Throat | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Transfusion Product Culture | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$115.49 | 20% | — source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda, PA Transfusion Product Culture | $166.08 | $207.60 | $10.80–$207.60 | 20% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $62.20, median $104.12, highest $166.08 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $104.12. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 3 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.