Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Culver City, CA — inpatient
In Culver City, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) as an inpatient: from $12.39 to $12.39, with a median of $12.39. Across California, the median is $133.00 at 193 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 18, 2026 and Mar 18, 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 Culver City, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City lowest Culver City, CA CULTURE, THROAT - (Q394) File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $12.39 | $12.39 | $8.67–$10.53 | — |
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City Culver City, CA CULTURE, GENITAL - (Q4558) File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $13.69 | $13.69 | $9.58–$11.64 | — |
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City Culver City, CA CULTURE, CATHETER - (Q4446)+1 more line at this price File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $14.53 | $14.53 | $10.17–$12.35 | — |
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City Culver City, CA Culture Bacterial Other Source File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $29.77 | $29.77 | $20.84–$25.30 | — |
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City Culver City, CA CULTURE, CSF - (Q388)+1 more line at this price File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $34.44 | $34.44 | $24.11–$29.27 | — |
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City Culver City, CA CULTURE, ROUTINE (Micro) File of Mar 18, 2026 · source file | $423.64 | $423.64 | $296.55–$360.09 | — |
Inpatient: lowest $12.39, median $12.39, highest $12.39.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $12.39 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87070 ($91.03). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Southern California Hospital at Culver City Culver City, CACULTURE AEROBIC BACT - (Q4550) | $6.54 | file |