Lab tests CPT 87070 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Penn Yan, NY — inpatient

In Penn Yan, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) as an inpatient: from $10.35 to $10.35, with a median of $10.35. Across New York, the median is $37.80 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 87070, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 27, 2026 and Aug 27, 2026.

Lowest$10.35Soldiers and Sailors Hospital

Median$10.35half of hospitals charge less

Highest$10.35in 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 Penn Yan, NY.

median

Lowest $10.35Highest $10.35

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Soldiers and Sailors Hospital lowest Penn Yan, NY · (315) 787-4175 (UR) CULTURE ANY OTHER SOURCE+1 more line at this price File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file	$10.35	$25.86	—	60%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $10.35, median $10.35, highest $10.35.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $10.35 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.