Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Wichita Falls, TX
In Wichita Falls, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $28.00 to $184.11, with a median of $52.00. The lowest listed price is at Kell West Regional Hospital — $24.00 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $69.48 at 296 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Wichita Falls, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kell West Regional Hospital lowest Wichita Falls, TX CULTURE SENSI BODY FLUID+2 more lines at this price source file | $28.00 | $40.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | 30% |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX CULTURE BODY FLUID source file | $32.00 | $75.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | 57% |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX CULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL source file | $48.00 | $35.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | -37% |
| Clay County Memorial Hospital Henrietta, TX · (940) 538-5621 Body Fluid Culture (Labc) source file | $52.00 | $74.00 | $15.00–$24.00 | 30% |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX CULTURE TISSUE+4 more lines at this price source file | $60.00 | $150.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | 60% |
| Clay County Memorial Hospital Henrietta, TX · (940) 538-5621 Culture Genital (Labc)+1 more line at this price source file | $69.00 | $99.00 | $20.00–$32.00 | 30% |
| Clay County Memorial Hospital Henrietta, TX · (940) 538-5621 Eye Culture source file | $79.00 | $113.00 | $23.00–$36.00 | 30% |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX CULTURETISSUE+2 more lines at this price source file | $80.00 | $75.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | -7% |
| Clay County Memorial Hospital Henrietta, TX · (940) 538-5621 Culture Spinal Fluid+1 more line at this price source file | $81.00 | $116.00 | $23.00–$37.00 | 30% |
| Clay County Memorial Hospital Henrietta, TX · (940) 538-5621 Culture Ear+2 more lines at this price source file | $99.00 | $142.00 | $28.00–$45.00 | 30% |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX CULTURE SENSI. AEROBIC+1 more line at this price source file | $100.00 | $90.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | -11% |
| Kell West Regional Hospital Wichita Falls, TX AEROBIC CULTURE source file | $120.00 | $50.00 | $7.24–$200.00 | -140% |
| United Regional Health Care System Wichita Falls, TX · (940) 764-7000 Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates source file | $184.11 | $193.80 | $9.05–$184.11 | 5% |
Outpatient: lowest $28.00, median $52.00, highest $184.11 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 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.