Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Shreveport, LA
In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $14.04 to $20.69, with a median of $15.12. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $1.08 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $28.15 at 54 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 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 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL | $14.04 | $54.00 | $4.31–$40.50 | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC CULTURE, ROUTINE AEROBIC | $14.04 | $54.00 | $4.31–$40.50 | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC CULTURE, WOUND | $14.04 | $54.00 | $4.31–$40.50 | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS | $14.04 | $54.00 | $4.31–$40.50 | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC RESPIRATORY CULTURE | $14.04 | $54.00 | $4.31–$40.50 | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC SPINAL FLD CULTURE | $14.04 | $54.00 | $4.31–$40.50 | 74% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC CULTURE, ROUTINE AEROBIC | $15.12 | $54.00 | $4.31–$37.80 | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC RESP CULT, CYSTIC FIBROSIS | $15.12 | $54.00 | $4.31–$37.80 | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC RESPIRATORY CULTURE | $15.12 | $54.00 | $4.31–$37.80 | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC SPINAL FLD CULTURE | $15.12 | $54.00 | $4.31–$37.80 | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC CULTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL | $15.12 | $54.00 | $4.31–$37.80 | 72% | — source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC CULTURE, WOUND | $15.12 | $54.00 | $4.31–$37.80 | 72% | — source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Sputum | $20.69 | $25.86 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Eye | $20.69 | $25.86 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Environm | $20.69 | $25.86 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Csf | $20.69 | $25.86 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Throat | $20.69 | $25.86 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Aerobic Bacteria-Q | $35.96 | $44.95 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Aerobic Bacterial+Susc-M | $35.96 | $44.95 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Aerobic/Anar Bacteriap-Q | $40.05 | $50.06 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult General Bact Oth Aerob | $41.65 | $52.06 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Genitalm | $43.06 | $53.83 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Oth Spec Aerobic Genitalf | $44.00 | $55.00 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Cyst Fib Bacterial+Susc-M | $210.60 | $263.25 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 212-4000 Cult Bact Gen Oth Aerob Cf-M | $210.60 | $263.25 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $14.04, median $15.12, highest $20.69 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $17.91. 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 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.