Blood culture cost in New York
In New York, 61 hospitals publish a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $10.32 to $402.00, with a median of $53.22. The lowest price is at Bellevue Hospital Center (New York) and 5 other hospitals. The highest price is 39.0× the lowest.
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 Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$10.32Bellevue Hospital Center + 5 more
Median$53.22half pay less
Highest$402.00in New York
Lowest saves$42.90vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Hospital Center lowest New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | $36.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center lowest Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | $36.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center lowest Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES | $10.32 | $26.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center lowest New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | $36.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals lowest Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, AEROBIC, WITH ISOLATION AND PRESUM | $10.32 | $36.66 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals lowest Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES | $10.32 | $26.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $12.38 | $242.55 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $12.38 | $97.78 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $12.38 | $97.78 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $12.38 | $242.55 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Culture Blood | $23.80 | $34.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY CULTURE BLOOD | $25.20 | $42.00 | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $31.00 | — | — source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $31.00 | $31.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $31.00 | $31.00 | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $32.00 | — | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $34.00 | — | — source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $34.86 | $174.30 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $37.35 | $57.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $37.87 | $54.10 | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY BLOOD CULTURE ANAEROBIC | $43.99 | $115.83 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $45.97 | $57.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $48.30 | $241.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $49.30 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $49.30 | — | — source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $53.22 | $266.08 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $53.22 | $266.08 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $53.22 | $266.08 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CULTURE BLOOD | $54.00 | $54.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $54.25 | $54.25 | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC CULT BLOOD ISOL W ID | $54.60 | $70.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $67.00 | — | — source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $69.01 | $69.01 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $70.70 | $108.77 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Culture Blood | $76.05 | $117.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 87040 CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATE | $78.00 | $78.00 | — source file |
| Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Culture Blood | $83.20 | $128.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $109.88 | $169.05 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Culture Blood | $119.20 | $149.00 | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC BLOOD CULTURE | $134.63 | $207.12 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $153.00 | $170.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $153.00 | $170.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $153.00 | $170.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $153.00 | $170.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates | $153.00 | $170.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Sterility Culture (Bld Seg) | $156.96 | $156.96 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $179.63 | $179.63 | — source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Culture Blood | $182.65 | $281.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY HC - CULTURE, BLOOD BM | $229.00 | $229.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $252.45 | $297.00 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA | $260.00 | $260.00 | — source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - CULTURE, BLOOD BM | $262.00 | $262.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Culture Blood | $265.85 | $409.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Culture Blood | $271.68 | $339.60 | — source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ BLOOD CULTURE | $273.24 | $303.60 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - CULTURE, BLOOD BM | $332.00 | $332.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Blood Culture, Peds | $402.00 | $402.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Blood Culture, Peds | $402.00 | $402.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 27 | $10.32 | $54.00 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $31.00 | $37.35 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $83.20 | $182.65 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 3 | $37.87 | $43.99 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $53.22 | $67.00 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $70.70 | $109.88 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $53.22 | $53.22 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $25.20 | $39.90 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $76.05 | $77.02 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $37.35 | $37.35 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $119.20 | $119.20 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $229.00 | $229.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $48.30 | $48.30 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $332.00 | $332.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $34.86 | $34.86 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $262.00 | $262.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $34.00 | $34.00 |
What it is
A blood culture checks for bacteria or yeast in the blood. It is ordered for fever with signs of a serious infection, such as sepsis.
What the price covers
The price is usually for one culture set. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
Blood culture for bacteria in other states
- Alabama$196.64
- Alaska$214.50
- Arizona$96.82
- Arkansas$63.60
- California$272.16
- Colorado$300.98
- Connecticut$50.66
- Delaware$188.16
- Florida$286.98
- Georgia$80.00
- Hawaii$61.20
- Idaho$44.66
- Illinois$137.50
- Indiana$134.46
- Iowa$83.80
- Kansas$144.13
- Kentucky$128.24
- Louisiana$40.64
- Maine$87.61
- Maryland$117.49
- Massachusetts$49.94
- Michigan$62.00
- Minnesota$79.71
- Mississippi$88.08
- Missouri$110.50
- Montana$146.40
- Nebraska$115.44
- Nevada$252.60
- New Hampshire$98.90
- New Jersey$12.24
- New Mexico$117.96
- North Carolina$150.05
- North Dakota$70.29
- Ohio$93.60
- Oklahoma$75.35
- Oregon$110.16
- Pennsylvania$84.80
- Puerto Rico$40.00
- Rhode Island$82.80
- South Carolina$223.60
- South Dakota$91.20
- Tennessee$33.80
- Texas$205.15
- Utah$124.65
- Vermont$187.00
- Virginia$73.80
- Washington$127.40
- West Virginia$79.50
- Wisconsin$80.00
- Wyoming$81.14
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.