Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Shawano, WI

In Shawano, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $43.79 to $43.79, with a median of $43.79. Across Wisconsin, the median is $77.35 at 98 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 —.

Lowest$43.79ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano
Median$43.79half pay less
Highest$43.79in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Shawano, WI.

median
Lowest $43.79Highest $43.79

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano lowest Shawano, WI · (715) 526-2111 CULTURE, BACTERIA, AEROBIC $43.79 $78.20 — 44% —
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano lowest Shawano, WI · (715) 526-2111 CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC $43.79 $78.20 — 44% —
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Outpatient: lowest $43.79, median $43.79, highest $43.79.

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.