Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Glendale, CA
In Glendale, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $250.00 to $250.00, with a median of $250.00. Across California, the median is $133.00 at 193 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 Glendale, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital lowest Glendale, CA · (818) 790-7100 Noncdm Charge Record File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $250.00 | $250.00 | — | — |
| USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale, CA · (818) 790-7100 Culture Csf+9 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $300.00 | $300.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $250.00, median $250.00, highest $250.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $250.00. 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.