Lab tests CPT 87040 Virginia Outpatient

Blood culture cost in Virginia

In Virginia, 37 hospitals publish a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $12.00 to $318.60, with a median of $73.80. The lowest price is at Augusta Health (Fishersville). The highest price is 26.6× 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 23, 2026.

Lowest$12.00Augusta Health

Median$73.80half pay less

Highest$318.60in Virginia

Lowest saves$61.80vs the median

Hospitals in Virginia, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Augusta Health lowest Fishersville · Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA M-Blood Culture	$12.00	$24.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Dickenson Community Hospital Clintwood · Clintwood, VA HC BLOOD CULTURE	$17.94	$78.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Lee County Community Hospital Pennington Gap · Pennington Gap, VA HC BLOOD CULTURE	$17.94	$78.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Johnston Memorial Hospital Abingdon · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC BLOOD CULTURE	$18.00	$120.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Lonesome Pine Hospital Big Stone Gap · Big Stone Gap, VA HC BLOOD CULTURE	$18.00	$120.00	— source file
Russell County Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon, VA HC BLOOD CULTURE	$18.00	$120.00	Mar 23, 2026 source file
Smyth County Community Hospital Marion · Marion, VA HC BLOOD CULTURE	$18.00	$120.00	— source file
Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Hospital Franklin · Roanoke, VA HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates	$45.90	$153.00	— source file
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville · Charlottesville, VA Chgl Blood Culture,Routine	$52.00	$104.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg · Harrisonburg, VA Chgl Blood Culture,Routine	$52.00	$104.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville · Richmond, VA HC Culture Blood	$57.60	$96.00	— source file
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital Richmond · Richmond, VA HC Culture Blood	$57.60	$96.00	— source file
Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian · Richmond, VA HC Culture Blood	$57.60	$96.00	— source file
Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond · Richmond, VA HC Culture Blood	$57.60	$96.00	— source file
Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Hc Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/Id Isolates	$66.23	$110.38	— source file
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock · Kilmarnock, VA HC Culture Blood	$69.00	$115.00	— source file
Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC HC Culture Blood	$73.80	$123.00	— source file
Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC HC Culture Blood	$73.80	$123.00	— source file
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC HC Culture Blood	$73.80	$123.00	— source file
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital Rocky Mt · Roanoke, VA HB CULT BACTERIA BLOOD	$74.90	$214.00	— source file
Carilion Giles Community Hospital Roanoke · Roanoke, VA HB CULT BACTERIA BLOOD	$74.90	$214.00	— source file
Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital Roanoke · Roanoke, VA HB CULT BACTERIA BLOOD	$74.90	$214.00	— source file
Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Roanoke · Roanoke, VA HB CULT BACTERIA BLOOD	$74.90	$214.00	— source file
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Christiansburg · Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA HB CULT BACTERIA BLOOD	$74.90	$214.00	— source file
Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Chgl Blood Culture,Ped	$103.50	$207.00	— source file
Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Chgl Blood Culture,Routine	$103.50	$207.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Chgl Blood Culture,Brucella	$103.50	$207.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Chgl Blood Culture,Ped	$103.50	$207.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sentara Obici Hospital Suffolk · Suffolk, VA Chgl Blood Culture,Ped	$103.50	$207.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Chgl Blood Culture,Routine	$103.50	$207.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC Chgl Blood Culture,Ped	$103.50	$207.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV HC CULTURE BACT BLOOD AEROBIC	$115.00	$230.00	— source file
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Fairfax · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV HC CULTURE BACT BLOOD AEROBIC	$115.00	$230.00	— source file
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV HC CULTURE BACT BLOOD AEROBIC	$115.00	$230.00	— source file
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV HC CULTURE BACT BLOOD AEROBIC	$115.00	$230.00	— source file
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV HC CULTURE BACT BLOOD AEROBIC	$115.00	$230.00	— source file
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston · South Boston, VA Chgl Blood Culture,Brucella	$123.50	$247.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Sovah Health - Danville Danville · Danville, VA Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate)	$170.00	$425.00	— source file
Sovah Health - Martinsville Martinsville · Martinsville, VA Culture, bacterial; blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates (includes anaerobic culture, if appropriate)	$170.00	$425.00	— source file
Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical Center Emporia · Emporia, VA HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates	$213.00	$710.00	— source file
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk · Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC CULTURE BLOOD (BACTEC)	$263.94	$293.27	Mar 17, 2026 source file
Bon Secours Southside Medical Center Petersburg · Richmond, VA HC Culture Bacterial Blood Aerobic W/ID Isolates	$318.60	$1,062.00	— source file

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	10	$66.23	$103.50
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	6	$103.50	$115.00
Richmond, VA	5	$57.60	$57.60
Roanoke, VA	5	$45.90	$74.90
Big Stone Gap, VA	1	$18.00	$18.00
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	1	$74.90	$74.90
Clintwood, VA	1	$17.94	$17.94
Charlottesville, VA	1	$52.00	$52.00
Danville, VA	1	$170.00	$170.00
Emporia, VA	1	$213.00	$213.00
Harrisonburg, VA	1	$52.00	$52.00
Kilmarnock, VA	1	$69.00	$69.00
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	1	$18.00	$18.00
Lebanon, VA	1	$18.00	$18.00
Marion, VA	1	$18.00	$18.00
Martinsville, VA	1	$170.00	$170.00
Pennington Gap, VA	1	$17.94	$17.94
South Boston, VA	1	$123.50	$123.50
Suffolk, VA	1	$103.50	$103.50
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	1	$12.00	$12.00

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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.