Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Syracuse, NY
In Syracuse, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $10.71 to $218.24, with a median of $25.03. The lowest listed price is at Community Memorial Hospital — $14.32 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $39.59 at 100 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 Syracuse, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital lowest Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 CM 87070 UPPER RESPIRATORY CULTURE | $10.71 | $13.39 | $3.35–$18.52 | 20% | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 B Pertuss, Nasophar cult | $19.58 | $24.47 | $6.12–$18.52 | 20% | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_17 | $21.21 | $26.51 | $6.63–$19.88 | 20% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Bronchial Wash | $24.05 | $37.00 | $7.45–$33.30 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY · (315) 470-7449 87070 BAL CULTURE | $26.00 | $26.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY · (315) 470-7449 87070 CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL | $26.00 | $26.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_08 | $31.00 | $38.75 | $8.45–$29.06 | 20% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Quest Culture Bacterial Other Source Wound Superficial | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Sinus | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Environmental | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Wound | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Tissue | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Quest Culture Bacterial Other Source | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Abscess | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Quest 18881 Culture Bacterial Other Source | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Quest Culture Bacterial Other Source Throat | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Quest 4446 Culture Bacterial Other Source | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Catheter Tip | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Quest 4556 Culture Sputum/Lower Respiratory | $32.50 | $50.00 | $7.45–$45.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Rectal Swab Cipro Resistant Organism | $34.45 | $53.00 | $7.45–$47.70 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Sputum | $45.50 | $70.00 | $7.45–$63.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_04 | $48.94 | $61.18 | $8.45–$45.88 | 20% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Ear | $52.00 | $80.00 | $7.45–$72.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Peritoneal Fluid | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Bacterial Other Source | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture CSF | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Throat | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Respiratory | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Genital | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Body Fluid | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Eye | $53.30 | $82.00 | $7.45–$73.80 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_03 | $62.00 | $77.50 | $8.45–$58.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_06 | $62.00 | $77.50 | $8.45–$58.12 | 20% | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 LEGIONELLA PNEUMO/CULTURE | $127.52 | $159.40 | $8.45–$119.55 | 20% | — source file |
| Oswego Hospital Lakeview Center for Mental Health and Wellness Oswego, NY BACTERIAL CULTURE; ANY OTHER SOURCE EXCEPT URINE; BLOOD OR STOOL; AEROBIC | $218.24 | $290.99 | $8.62–$303.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Oswego Hospital Lakeview Center for Mental Health and Wellness Oswego, NY CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $231.34 | $308.45 | $8.62–$303.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_07 | $243.34 | $304.18 | $8.45–$228.14 | 20% | — source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Hamilton, NY · (315) 824-1100 87070 Cul Bact Xcpt Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isol_05 | $286.55 | $358.19 | $8.45–$268.64 | 20% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse, NY · (315) 448-5111 HC Culture Wound | $568.10 | — | $8.23–$1,834.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $10.71, median $25.03, highest $218.24 — a 20.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $24.05. 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 3 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.