Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Sebastian, FL
In Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $72.15 to $706.00, with a median of $389.08. The lowest listed price is at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital — $316.93 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $86.20 at 157 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital lowest Vero Beach, FL · (772) 567-4311 %IOHWC CULTURE File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $72.15 | $111.00 | $25.97–$88.80 | 35% |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 567-4311 CULTURE, BACTERIAL, AEROBIC File of Jun 15, 2026 · source file | $139.75 | $215.00 | $50.31–$172.00 | 35% |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE EYE File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $706.00 | $706.00 | $60.72–$600.10 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE CATHETER TIP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $746.00 | $746.00 | $64.16–$634.10 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE EAR+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $824.00 | $824.00 | $70.86–$700.40 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE GENITAL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $861.00 | $861.00 | $74.05–$731.85 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULT THROAT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $938.00 | $938.00 | $80.67–$797.30 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE WOUND+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,032.00 | $1,032.00 | $88.75–$877.20 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE RESPIRATORY+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,460.00 | $1,460.00 | $125.56–$1,241.00 | — |
| HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital Vero Beach, FL · (772) 461-4000 CULTURE BODY FLUID File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,537.00 | $1,537.00 | $132.18–$1,306.45 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $72.15, median $389.08, highest $706.00 — a 9.8× 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.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Csf Culture | $7.20 | file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Culture Aerobic | $7.20 | file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Genital Culture | $7.20 | file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Lower Resp Culture | $7.20 | file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Upper Resp Culture | $7.20 | file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Environmental Culture | $7.20 | file |
| Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital Sebastian, FLHb Culture Id-Ref | $8.40 | file |