Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Bryan, OH

In Bryan, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $68.50 to $68.50, with a median of $68.50. Across Ohio, the median is $68.50 at 131 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 — and —.

Lowest$68.50Parkview Bryan Hospital
Median$68.50half pay less
Highest$68.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bryan, OH.

median
Lowest $68.50Highest $115.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Parkview Bryan Hospital lowest Bryan, OH · (419) 636-1131 Hc Cult Aerobic W/Iso & Pres Id $68.50 $137.00 — 50% —
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Parkview Bryan Hospital Bryan, OH · (419) 636-1131 Hc Culture Misc. $115.50 $231.00 — 50% —
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Outpatient: lowest $68.50, median $68.50, highest $68.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $68.50. 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.