Blood culture cost in Indiana
In Indiana, 84 hospitals publish a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $13.00 to $357.00, with a median of $130.50. The lowest price is at Community Hospital of Bremen (Bremen). The highest price is 27.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $130.50, is 13% above the US median of $115.50.
- That is 12.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($10.32).
- Indiana ranks 32nd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 84 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 87040. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 2, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$13.00Community Hospital of Bremen
Median$130.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$357.00in Indiana
Lowest saves$117.50vs the median
Hospitals in Indiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital of Bremen lowest Bremen · Plymouth, IN Culture Blood Routine Low Volume | $13.00 | $20.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Rensselaer Rensselaer · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $16.11 | $45.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Goshen Hospital Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Blood culture for bacteria | $19.60 | $28.00 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Munster Munster · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $28.76 | $135.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Norton Kings Daughters Health Madison · Madison, IN HB CULTURE BLD AEROB ONLY | $44.22 | $201.00 | May 5, 2026 source file |
| Hendricks Regional Health Danville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HB CULTURE BLOOD | $48.40 | $121.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus · Columbus, IN HC Bacterial Culture Blood | $50.40 | $63.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB CULTURE BLOOD | $51.24 | $366.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Norton Scott Hospital Scottsburg · Scottsburg, IN HB CULTURE BLD AEROB ONLY | $52.40 | $262.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Adams County Memorial Hospital Decatur · Decatur, IN Bacterial blood culture | $57.00 | $57.00 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $60.98 | $264.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan St Francis Health - Carmel Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $60.98 | $264.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Health Noblesville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULTURE BLOOD BACTERIAL | $63.00 | $105.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $63.72 | $236.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Mooresville Mooresville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $67.06 | $264.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Major Hospital Shelbyville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial blood culture | $70.37 | $227.00 | Oct 26, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Crown Point Crown Point · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $71.47 | $277.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Crawfordsville Crawfordsville · Crawfordsville, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $74.53 | $275.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City Michigan City · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $75.09 | $361.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City LaPorte La Porte · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $75.09 | $361.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Decatur County Memorial Hospital Greensburg · Greensburg, IN Bacterial blood culture | $76.50 | $102.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Bacterial blood culture | $81.00 | $135.00 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| Gibson General Hospital Princeton · Princeton, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $83.21 | $157.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Blood Culture | $84.51 | $313.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Blood Culture | $88.02 | $326.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kosciusko Community Hospital Warsaw · Warsaw, IN Blood Culture | $93.45 | $445.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport · Logansport, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $93.62 | $187.25 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Daviess County Hospital Washington · Washington, IN Bacterial blood culture | $95.20 | $136.00 | Aug 18, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Lafayette Lafayette · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Aerob Bacterial Bld Culture | $104.31 | $472.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health - Starke Knox · Knox, IN Blood Culture | $110.49 | $409.21 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph Health System Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Blood Culture | $114.24 | $476.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hosptial Vincennes · Vincennes, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $121.20 | $202.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City · Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $124.00 | $248.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $124.50 | $249.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview LaGrange Hospital LaGrange · LaGrange, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $125.00 | $250.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HC Culture Blood | $125.10 | $139.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton · Fort Wayne, IN Blood Culture, Routine (LC) | $125.28 | $522.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview DeKalb Hospital Auburn · Auburn, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $126.00 | $252.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Noble Hospital Kendallville · Kendallville, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $126.50 | $253.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Wabash Hospital Wabash · Wabash, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $128.00 | $256.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Bacterial blood culture | $128.24 | $170.98 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $130.50 | $261.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $130.50 | $261.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sullivan County Community Hospital Sullivan · Terre Haute, IN Bacterial blood culture | $132.74 | $176.99 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Union Hospital Regional Terre Haute · Terre Haute, IN Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate) | $133.80 | $223.00 | Jul 29, 2026 source file |
| Union Hospital Terre Haute Terre Haute · Terre Haute, IN Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate) | $133.80 | $223.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center – The Orthopedic Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Blood Culture | $134.46 | $498.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health-la Porte La Porte · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Blood Culture | $135.04 | $409.21 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Greene County General Hospital Linton · Linton, IN CULTURE BLOOD | $135.54 | $225.90 | Jun 5, 2026 source file |
| Dukes Memorial Hospital Peru · Peru, IN Blood Culture | $141.00 | $282.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Blood Culture | $142.80 | $476.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville · Evansville, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $145.80 | $243.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville · Evansville, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $145.80 | $243.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Union Hospital Clinton Clinton · Terre Haute, IN Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate) | $147.00 | $245.00 | Jul 8, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Culture Blood Routine w/ Rapid ID | $148.85 | $229.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Perry County Memorial Hospital Tell City · Tell City, IN BLOOD CULTURE | $149.10 | $213.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
| Henry County Memorial Hospital New Castle · New Castle, IN Bacterial blood culture | $150.78 | $215.40 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Putnam County Hospital Greencastle · Greencastle, IN Bacterial blood culture | $151.90 | $178.70 | Oct 14, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Hospital-Southlake Merrillville · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Blood Culture | $177.10 | $253.00 | Aug 18, 2026 source file |
| The Methodist Hospitals Gary · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Blood Culture | $177.10 | $253.00 | Aug 18, 2026 source file |
| Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial blood culture | $182.28 | $260.40 | Oct 26, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Clay Hospital Brazil · Terre Haute, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $188.40 | $314.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Pulaski Memorial Hospital Winamac · Winamac, IN Bacterial blood culture | $195.58 | $279.40 | Jul 7, 2026 source file |
| Hancock Regional Hospital Greenfield · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial blood culture | $200.00 | $250.00 | Oct 16, 2026 source file |
| Woodlawn Hospital Rochester · Rochester, IN Bacterial blood culture | $207.00 | $276.00 | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $211.80 | $353.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital Williamsport · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $228.00 | $380.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St. Vincent Anderson Hospital Anderson · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $257.40 | $429.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Jennings Hospital North Vernon · North Vernon, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $271.80 | $453.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Women's Hospital Newburgh · Evansville, IN HC CULTURE BLOOD | $273.64 | $463.79 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth · Plymouth, IN HC Labcorp Culture Blood | $274.95 | $423.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Mercy Elwood · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St. Vincent Seton Speciality Hospital Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Carmel AmbSurg Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Endo Surgery Center Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Fishers Hospital Fishers · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $287.40 | $479.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI HC Culture Blood | $294.45 | $453.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial blood culture | $300.00 | $375.00 | Oct 22, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Randolph Hospital Winchester · Winchester, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $316.20 | $527.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Kokomo Kokomo · Kokomo, IN CULT BACT BLD AER ISOL/PRESUMP | $336.60 | $561.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Crown Point · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC CULTURE BACTERIAL DEFINITIVE; BLOOD | $357.00 | $357.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 19 | $48.40 | $257.40 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 8 | $16.11 | $77.99 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 8 | $88.02 | $127.89 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 5 | $132.74 | $133.80 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 4 | $51.24 | $104.62 |
| Evansville, IN | 3 | $145.80 | $145.80 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 3 | $75.09 | $75.09 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 2 | $104.31 | $166.16 |
| Plymouth, IN | 2 | $13.00 | $143.98 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 2 | $148.85 | $221.65 |
| Auburn, IN | 1 | $126.00 | $126.00 |
| Columbus, IN | 1 | $50.40 | $50.40 |
| Crawfordsville, IN | 1 | $74.53 | $74.53 |
| Decatur, IN | 1 | $57.00 | $57.00 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 1 | $19.60 | $19.60 |
| Greencastle, IN | 1 | $151.90 | $151.90 |
| Greensburg, IN | 1 | $76.50 | $76.50 |
| Huntington, IN | 1 | $124.50 | $124.50 |
| Knox, IN | 1 | $110.49 | $110.49 |
| Kendallville, IN | 1 | $126.50 | $126.50 |
| Kokomo, IN | 1 | $336.60 | $336.60 |
| LaGrange, IN | 1 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Linton, IN | 1 | $135.54 | $135.54 |
| Logansport, IN | 1 | $93.62 | $93.62 |
| Madison, IN | 1 | $44.22 | $44.22 |
| North Vernon, IN | 1 | $271.80 | $271.80 |
| New Castle, IN | 1 | $150.78 | $150.78 |
| Princeton, IN | 1 | $83.21 | $83.21 |
| Peru, IN | 1 | $141.00 | $141.00 |
| Rochester, IN | 1 | $207.00 | $207.00 |
| Scottsburg, IN | 1 | $52.40 | $52.40 |
| Tell City, IN | 1 | $149.10 | $149.10 |
| Vincennes, IN | 1 | $121.20 | $121.20 |
| Winamac, IN | 1 | $195.58 | $195.58 |
| Winchester, IN | 1 | $316.20 | $316.20 |
| Wabash, IN | 1 | $128.00 | $128.00 |
| Warsaw, IN | 1 | $93.45 | $93.45 |
| Washington, IN | 1 | $95.20 | $95.20 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What blood culture is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Blood culture explained.
Blood culture for bacteria in other states
- Alabama$81.98
- Alaska$209.15
- Arizona$126.65
- Arkansas$49.26
- California$272.16
- Colorado$209.10
- Connecticut$67.61
- Delaware$188.16
- District of Columbia$95.80, 3 hospitals
- Florida$341.00
- Georgia$150.76
- Hawaii$100.10
- Idaho$113.25
- Illinois$144.59
- Iowa$91.80
- Kansas$78.30
- Kentucky$112.10
- Louisiana$45.00
- Maine$83.73
- Maryland$109.77
- Massachusetts$79.00
- Michigan$63.00
- Minnesota$116.44
- Mississippi$89.20
- Missouri$111.24
- Montana$151.46
- Nebraska$186.89
- Nevada$236.30
- New Hampshire$140.45
- New Jersey$55.27
- New Mexico$131.08
- New York$62.83
- North Carolina$152.11
- North Dakota$85.00
- Ohio$93.60
- Oklahoma$73.78
- Oregon$110.16
- Pennsylvania$84.80
- Puerto Rico$44.42
- Rhode Island$82.80
- South Carolina$153.60
- South Dakota$164.00
- Tennessee$54.23
- Texas$204.31
- Utah$282.52
- Vermont$136.00
- Virginia$103.50
- Washington$149.05
- West Virginia$74.19
- Wisconsin$85.80
- Wyoming$110.78
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.