Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Tallahassee, FL
In Tallahassee, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $16.00 to $403.05, with a median of $209.53. The lowest listed price is at HCA Florida Capital Hospital — $193.53 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $90.00 at 151 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 Sep 1, 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 Tallahassee, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CULTURE SURGICAL SPEC File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $16.00 | $16.00 | $2.46–$16.00 | — |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CULTURE CATHETER TIP+3 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $46.55 | $46.55 | $7.17–$46.55 | — |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CULT THROAT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $214.00 | $214.00 | $32.96–$214.00 | — |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Tallahassee, FL · (850) 431-1155 HC CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $403.05 | $575.78 | — | 30% |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CULTURE RESPIRATORY+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,525.60 | $1,525.60 | $234.94–$1,525.60 | — |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CULTURE CSF+3 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,714.10 | $1,714.10 | $263.97–$1,714.10 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $16.00, median $209.53, highest $403.05 — a 25.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $403.05. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.