Lab tests CPT 87070 Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Nevada, MO

In Nevada, MO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $61.65 to $61.65, with a median of $61.65. Across Missouri, the median is $68.30 at 64 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$61.65Nevada City Hospital

Median$61.65half pay less

Highest$61.65in 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 Nevada, MO.

median

Lowest $61.65Highest $67.95

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CULTURE AEROBIC BACTERIA WITH GRAM STAIN	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 THROAT CULTURE QST 394	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CULTURE GENITAL QST	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 SPUTUM CULTURE SEND QST	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CULTURE NOSE/THROAT QST	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CSF CULTURE QST	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital lowest Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CULTURE AEROBIC QST	$61.65	$137.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 EAR CULTURE SO	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 EYE CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 EYE CULTURE SO	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 GENITAL CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 GENITAL CULTURE SO	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 MRSA SCREEN CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 NASAL CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 NASAL CULTURE SO	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 SPUTUM CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 THROAT CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 THROAT CULTURE SO	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 BLOOD UNIT CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 WOUND CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 BODY FLUID CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 BRONCHIAL WASH CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CATHETER TIP CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CATHETER TIP CULTURE SO	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 CSF CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file
Nevada City Hospital Nevada, MO · (417) 667-3355 EAR CULTURE	$67.95	$151.00	—	55%	— source file

Outpatient: lowest $61.65, median $61.65, highest $61.65.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $61.65. 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.