Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Lufkin, TX
In Lufkin, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $35.37 to $35.37, with a median of $35.37. Across Texas, the median is $69.48 at 296 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 Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Lufkin, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin lowest Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CF-STREP A CULTURE File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $35.37 | $235.80 | $7.24–$212.22 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CULTURE AEROBIC File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $54.86 | $365.73 | $7.24–$329.16 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 STREP A CULTURE File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $54.87 | $365.75 | $7.24–$329.18 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 ORTHOPEDIC CULTURE File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $54.90 | $366.00 | $7.24–$329.40 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CF-CULTURE AEROBIC File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $56.30 | $375.30 | $7.24–$337.77 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CULTURE CSF File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $60.38 | $402.50 | $7.24–$362.25 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $60.75 | $405.00 | $7.24–$364.50 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CF-CULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $62.55 | $417.00 | $7.24–$375.30 | 85% |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX · (936) 634-8111 CULTURE BODY FLUID STERILE File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $71.25 | $475.00 | $7.24–$427.50 | 85% |
Outpatient: lowest $35.37, median $35.37, highest $35.37.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $35.37. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TXEL CULTURE AEROBIC | $4.35 | file |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TXEL SPUTUM CULTURE | $5.25 | file |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TXCULTURE GENITAL LABCORP | $7.94 | file |