Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Gordon, NE

In Gordon, NE, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $140.00 to $140.00, with a median of $140.00. Across Nebraska, the median is $77.42 at 52 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$140.00Gordon Memorial Hospital
Median$140.00half pay less
Highest$140.00in 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 Gordon, NE.

median
Lowest $140.00Highest $148.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Gordon Memorial Hospital lowest Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Abscess Culture (Ref) $140.00 $140.00 $16.00–$133.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Body Fluid Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Bone Marrow/bact (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Catheter Tip (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Csf Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Ear Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Eye Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Synovial Fluid (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Bile (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Joint Bone (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture (Obselete)(ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Respiratory(ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Throat Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Culture Tissue (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Wound Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Gordon Memorial Hospital Gordon, NE · (308) 282-0401 Genital Culture (Ref) $148.00 $148.00 $16.00–$141.00 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $140.00, median $140.00, highest $140.00.

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.