Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Brookville, PA
In Brookville, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $23.00 to $23.00, with a median of $23.00. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $61.70 at 94 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Brookville, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Highlands Brookville lowest Brookville, PA · (814) 849-2312 RHC CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $23.00 | $23.00 | — | — |
| Penn Highlands Brookville Brookville, PA · (814) 849-2312 Tissue Culture+13 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $84.00 | $84.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $23.00, median $23.00, highest $23.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $23.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.