Blood culture cost in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, 64 hospitals publish a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $20.00 to $707.00, with a median of $73.78. The lowest price is at Oklahoma Spine Hospital (Oklahoma City). The highest price is 35.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $73.78, is 36% below the US median of $115.50.
- That is 7.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($10.32).
- Oklahoma ranks 9th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 7 of 64 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 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$20.00Oklahoma Spine Hospital
Median$73.78half of hospitals charge less
Highest$707.00in Oklahoma
Lowest saves$53.78vs the median
Hospitals in Oklahoma, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Spine Hospital lowest Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $20.00 | $99.12 | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Muscogee (CREEK) Nation Medical Center Okmulgee · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $21.11 | $35.18 | Jan 24, 2026 source file |
| Duncan Regional Hospital Duncan · Duncan, OK BLOOD CULTURE | $22.10 | $205.50 | Mar 14, 2026 source file |
| Harper County Community Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo, OK Bacterial blood culture | $24.71 | $30.89 | Aug 12, 2026 source file |
| Arbuckle Memorial Hospital Sulphur · Sulphur, OK Blood Culture 1st Set | $29.00 | $36.00 | — source file |
| Jackson County Memorial Hospital Altus · Altus, OK Blood Culture | $30.96 | $30.96 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital Tulsa · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $32.41 | $129.66 | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| McAlester Regional Health Center McAlester · McAlester, OK CULTURE; BLOOD | $32.80 | $82.00 | Oct 22, 2026 source file |
| Okeene Municipal Hospital Okeene · Okeene, OK Bacterial blood culture | $34.40 | $43.00 | Aug 12, 2026 source file |
| Atoka County Medical Center Atoka · Atoka, OK Culture Blood | $37.00 | $94.00 | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Ada Ada · Ada, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $37.05 | $57.00 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| Purcell Municipal Hospital Purcell · Oklahoma City, OK Bacterial blood culture | $39.56 | $65.93 | Jun 18, 2026 source file |
| Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center Poteau · Poteau, OK CULTURE BLOOD MANUAL DLO | $39.88 | $39.88 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| McCurtain Memorial Hospital Idabel · Idabel, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $40.50 | $81.00 | Jun 1, 2026 source file |
| Cordell Memorial Hospital 0189 Cordell · Weatherford, OK Bacterial blood culture | $40.80 | $51.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Elkview General Hospital Hobart · Hobart, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $40.80 | $68.00 | Jul 22, 2026 source file |
| Choctaw Memorial Hospital Hugo · Hugo, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $47.00 | $94.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pushmataha County-Town of Antlers Hospital Authority Antlers · Antlers, OK BLOOD AEROBIC WITH ISOLATION OF ISOLATES | $47.00 | $94.00 | Oct 2, 2026 source file |
| OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE | $53.30 | $533.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson County Hospital OK Waurika · Waurika, OK BLOOD BAG CULTURE (TRANS RXN) | $55.45 | $158.00 | Mar 14, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Love County Marietta · Marietta, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $57.00 | $57.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Hillcrest Hospital Pryor Pryor · Pryor, OK Bacterial blood culture | $59.40 | $198.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Wagoner Community Hospital Wagoner · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLD | $59.50 | $119.00 | Jan 26, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St John Nowata Nowata · Nowata, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St. John Jenks Jenks · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St. John Medical Center Tulsa · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Jane Phillips Memorial Medical Center Bartlesville · Bartlesville, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St John Owasso Owasso · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. John Broken Arrow Broken Arrow · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. John Sapulpa Sapulpa · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD- 45300 | $61.70 | $166.75 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK HC Bill Micro Culture Blood | $67.55 | $193.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK HC Bill Micro Culture Blood | $67.55 | $193.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Cleveland Area Hospital Cleveland · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD QST | $80.00 | $100.00 | Mar 4, 2025 source file |
| Pawhuska Hospital Pawhuska · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $84.00 | $140.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Great Plains Regional Medical Center Elk City · Elk City, OK | $88.72 | $136.49 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Weatherford Regional Hospital, INC of Weatherford Weatherford · Weatherford, OK Bacterial blood culture | $94.40 | $118.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Hillcrest Hospital Cushing Cushing · Stillwater, OK Bacterial blood culture | $107.10 | $357.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Hillcrest Medical Center Tulsa · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $108.60 | $362.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Watonga Watonga · Watonga, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $109.85 | $169.00 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| Hillcrest Hospital Claremore Claremore · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $110.10 | $367.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mangum Regional Medical Center Mangum · Mangum, OK Bacterial blood culture | $115.56 | $214.00 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie · Oklahoma City, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $117.00 | $180.00 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Kingfisher Kingfisher · Kingfisher, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $120.90 | $186.00 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Tishomingo Tishomingo · Tishomingo, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $120.90 | $186.00 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| Roger Mills Memorial Hospital Cheyenne · Cheyenne, OK CULTURE BLOOD 2 | $121.50 | $162.00 | Dec 1, 2024 source file |
| Hillcrest Hospital South Tulsa · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $123.60 | $412.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Healdton Healdton · Ardmore, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $128.70 | $198.00 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Alliancehealth Madill Madill · Madill, OK Blood Culture | $133.35 | $381.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Haskell Regional Hospital Stigler · Stigler, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $146.25 | $146.25 | Sep 4, 2026 source file |
| Newman Memorial Hospital Shattuck · Shattuck, OK LCHG CULTURE BLOOD | $160.00 | $200.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee Muskogee · Muskogee, OK Hc Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/Id Isolates | $164.16 | $410.40 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital South Tulsa · Tulsa, OK Hc Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/Id Isolates | $164.16 | $410.40 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Vinita Vinita · Vinita, OK Hc Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/Id Isolates | $164.16 | $410.40 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Hospital Yale Tulsa · Tulsa, OK Hc Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/Id Isolates | $164.16 | $410.40 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alliancehealth Durant Durant · Durant, OK Blood Culture | $168.00 | $1,400.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Hillcrest Hospital Henryetta Henryetta · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $173.40 | $578.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore · Ardmore, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $175.50 | $270.00 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Bailey Medical Center Owasso · Tulsa, OK Bacterial blood culture | $216.60 | $722.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Norman Regional Norman · Oklahoma City, OK Blood Culture | $262.20 | $437.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Stillwater Medical Center OK Stillwater · Stillwater, OK CULTURE,BLOOD,AEROBIC | $283.20 | $354.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Health Lawton · Lawton, OK CULTURE, BLOOD PANEL ITEM | $365.34 | $292.27 | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Oklahoma City · Oklahoma City, OK Culture Blood Bacterial | $423.80 | $652.00 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Broken Arrow Broken Arrow · Tulsa, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $659.00 | $659.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Muskogee Muskogee · Muskogee, OK CULTURE BLOOD | $707.00 | $707.00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa, OK | 18 | $21.11 | $82.00 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 8 | $20.00 | $67.55 |
| Ardmore, OK | 2 | $128.70 | $152.10 |
| Muskogee, OK | 2 | $164.16 | $435.58 |
| Stillwater, OK | 2 | $107.10 | $195.15 |
| Weatherford, OK | 2 | $40.80 | $67.60 |
| Antlers, OK | 1 | $47.00 | $47.00 |
| Atoka, OK | 1 | $37.00 | $37.00 |
| Ada, OK | 1 | $37.05 | $37.05 |
| Altus, OK | 1 | $30.96 | $30.96 |
| Buffalo, OK | 1 | $24.71 | $24.71 |
| Bartlesville, OK | 1 | $61.70 | $61.70 |
| Cheyenne, OK | 1 | $121.50 | $121.50 |
| Duncan, OK | 1 | $22.10 | $22.10 |
| Durant, OK | 1 | $168.00 | $168.00 |
| Elk City, OK | 1 | $88.72 | $88.72 |
| Hobart, OK | 1 | $40.80 | $40.80 |
| Hugo, OK | 1 | $47.00 | $47.00 |
| Idabel, OK | 1 | $40.50 | $40.50 |
| Kingfisher, OK | 1 | $120.90 | $120.90 |
| Lawton, OK | 1 | $365.34 | $365.34 |
| Madill, OK | 1 | $133.35 | $133.35 |
| Mangum, OK | 1 | $115.56 | $115.56 |
| Marietta, OK | 1 | $57.00 | $57.00 |
| McAlester, OK | 1 | $32.80 | $32.80 |
| Nowata, OK | 1 | $61.70 | $61.70 |
| Okeene, OK | 1 | $34.40 | $34.40 |
| Poteau, OK | 1 | $39.88 | $39.88 |
| Pryor, OK | 1 | $59.40 | $59.40 |
| Shattuck, OK | 1 | $160.00 | $160.00 |
| Stigler, OK | 1 | $146.25 | $146.25 |
| Sulphur, OK | 1 | $29.00 | $29.00 |
| Tishomingo, OK | 1 | $120.90 | $120.90 |
| Vinita, OK | 1 | $164.16 | $164.16 |
| Watonga, OK | 1 | $109.85 | $109.85 |
| Waurika, OK | 1 | $55.45 | $55.45 |
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
- Indiana$130.50
- 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
- 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.