Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Victoria, TX
In Victoria, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $23.50 to $236.46, with a median of $86.20. The lowest listed price is at Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria — $62.70 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $69.48 at 296 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 6, 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 Victoria, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria lowest Victoria, TX · (361) 573-9181 Culture Aerobe+1 more line at this price File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file | $23.50 | $47.00 | $7.24–$66.25 | 50% |
| Pam Rehabilitation Hospital of Victoria Victoria, TX Sputum Culture+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $86.20 | $86.20 | — | — |
| Pam Specialty Hospital of Victoria North Victoria, TX Body Fluid Culture+1 more line at this price File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $86.20 | $86.20 | $7.24–$77.58 | — |
| Detar North Victoria, TX · (361) 575-7441 CULTURE BACTERIA OTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $236.46 | $1,126.00 | $7.24–$900.80 | 79% |
| Detar Hospital Navarro Victoria, TX · (361) 575-7441 CULTURE BACTERIA OTH File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $236.46 | $1,126.00 | $7.24–$900.80 | 79% |
| Pam Rehabilitation Hospital of Victoria Victoria, TX Culture, Wound Aerobic File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $345.05 | $345.05 | — | — |
| Pam Specialty Hospital of Victoria North Victoria, TX Culture, Wound Aerobic File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $345.05 | $345.05 | $7.24–$310.55 | — |
| Pam Rehabilitation Hospital of Victoria Victoria, TX Aerobic culture File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $353.90 | $353.90 | — | — |
| Pam Specialty Hospital of Victoria North Victoria, TX Aerobic culture File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $353.90 | $353.90 | $7.24–$318.51 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $23.50, median $86.20, highest $236.46 — a 10.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $86.20. 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 4 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.