Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Adel, GA
In Adel, GA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $128.06 to $128.06, with a median of $128.06. Across Georgia, the median is $82.46 at 90 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Aug 11, 2026 and Aug 11, 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 Adel, GA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Medical Center lowest Adel, GA · (229) 896-8077 Culture Body Fluid | $128.06 | $256.11 | $6.03–$256.11 | 50% | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Southwell Medical Center lowest Adel, GA · (229) 896-8077 Culture Water | $128.06 | $256.11 | $6.03–$256.11 | 50% | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $128.06, median $128.06, highest $128.06.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $77.85. 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 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.
18 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($92.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Catheter Tip | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Anogenital | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Synovial Fluid | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture CSF | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Sterile Body Fluid | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Respiratory | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Sterility | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Ear | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Eye | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Genital | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Nasal | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Throat | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Tissue | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Wound | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Small Variant Staph aureus | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Blood Product | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GACulture Nocardia-RL | $2.00 | file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel, GASynovasure SF Body Fluid Culture | $2.00 | file |