Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Cut Bank, MT
In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $76.21 to $76.21, with a median of $76.21. Across Montana, the median is $65.00 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 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 Cut Bank, MT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 Culture Biopsy Tissue+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $76.21 | $117.25 | — | 35% |
| Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 Culture Throat+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $87.26 | $134.25 | — | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $76.21, median $76.21, highest $76.21.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $76.21. 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.