Lab tests CPT 87040 Wisconsin Outpatient

Blood culture cost in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, 98 hospitals publish a cash price for blood culture for bacteria: from $30.10 to $384.36, with a median of $85.80. The lowest price is at Bellin Memorial Health (Green Bay). The highest price is 12.8× the lowest.

  • The median here, $85.80, is 26% below the US median of $115.50.
  • That is 8.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($10.32).
  • Wisconsin ranks 18th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 4 of 98 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 11, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$30.10Bellin Memorial Health
Median$85.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$384.36in Wisconsin
Lowest saves$55.70vs the median

Hospitals in Wisconsin, cheapest first

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Bellin Memorial Health lowest Green Bay · Green Bay, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD, ABR $30.10 $65.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Grant Regional Health Center Lancaster · Platteville, WI Bacterial blood culture $48.09 $73.98 Sep 18, 2026
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Memorial Hospital of Boscobel Boscobel · Platteville, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD $50.47 $98.00 Jun 27, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin Berlin · Berlin, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton · Appleton, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton · Appleton, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 7, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Fond Du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-New London New London · New London, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano Shawano · Shawano, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Waupaca Waupaca · Waupaca, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Wild Rose Wild Rose · Wild Rose, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $52.81 $94.30 Aug 8, 2026
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Gundersen Tri-County Hospital & Clinics Whitehall · Whitehall, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD $53.26 $84.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD $56.81 $108.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics Friendship · Friendship, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD $58.93 $116.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Amery Hospital East Amery · East Amery, WI Microbiology $60.48 $116.00 Mar 31, 2026
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OakLeaf Surgical Hospital Altoona · Eau Claire, WI BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE $61.56 $68.40 Feb 19, 2026
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River Falls Area Hospital River Falls · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG BLOOD CULTURE-BACTEC $61.66 $110.10 Jun 15, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $72.61 $137.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Elmbrook Campus Brookfield · Brookfield, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $72.61 $137.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Franklin Campus Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $72.61 $137.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $72.61 $137.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $72.61 $137.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $75.81 $133.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus Appleton · Appleton, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $75.81 $133.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette · Marinette, WI-MI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers · Manitowoc, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, BLOOD $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Beloit Memorial Hospital Beloit · Janesville-Beloit, WI Transfusion Reaction Culture $82.50 $275.00 Oct 12, 2026
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Westfields Hospital New Richmond · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Microbiology $82.58 $157.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $85.33 $161.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus Mequon · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $85.33 $161.00 Jan 1, 2026
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE $85.80 $130.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE $85.80 $130.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Marys Hospital Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE $85.80 $130.00 Mar 24, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage · Madison, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Eagle River Hospital Eagle River · Eagle River, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Langlade Hospital Antigo · Antigo, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Medford Hospital Medford · Medford, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill · Merrill, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital Rhinelander · Rhinelander, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley · Eau Claire, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau · Wausau, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff · Woodruff, WI Fac Blood Culture for Bacteria $87.10 $134.00 Apr 1, 2026
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St Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls · Green Bay, WI HC BACTERIA BLOOD CULTURE T1 $99.00 $150.00 Mar 24, 2026
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Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Glendale · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI BLOOD CULTURE AEROBIC $105.47 $199.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton · Appleton, WI HC BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $112.29 $197.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Hudson Hospital Hudson · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Microbiology $114.13 $253.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Black River Memorial Hospital Black River Falls · Black River Falls, WI Blood Culture MFL $116.10 $129.00 Jan 8, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith Ladysmith · Ladysmith, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua Minocqua · Minocqua, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville Neillsville · Neillsville, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Park Falls Park Falls · Park Falls, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake Rice Lake · Rice Lake, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - River Region at Stevens Point Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Weston Weston · Wausau, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $124.45 $131.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Burnett Medical Center Grantsburg · Grantsburg, WI Bacterial blood culture $128.00 $160.00 Oct 2, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Medical Center - Walworth Lake Geneva · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES $133.12 $177.50 Mar 1, 2026
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UnityPoint Health - Meriter Madison · Madison, WI HC AEROB BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE $136.80 $171.00 Jan 28, 2026
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Stoughton Hospital Stoughton · Madison, WI Bacterial blood culture $143.00 $260.00 Jun 11, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville · Janesville-Beloit, WI CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL BLOOD AEROBIC W/ID ISOLATES $144.22 $192.29 Mar 1, 2026
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Southwest Health Center Platteville · Platteville, WI LCHG CULTURE BLOOD $145.50 $194.00 Mar 27, 2026
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Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior · Duluth, MN-WI BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $151.50 $205.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Sauk Prairie Healthcare Prairie Du Sac · Baraboo, WI CULTURE (BLOOD) $171.22 $313.00 Jan 29, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield Marshfield · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $178.60 $188.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI CULTURE BLOOD AEROBIC-TECH $179.55 $189.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HBC CULTURE BLOOD $183.70 $334.00 Mar 23, 2026
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Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Fox Valley Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HBC FV CULTURE BLOOD $185.08 $336.50 Mar 24, 2026
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Tomah Memorial Hospital Tomah · Sparta, WI Bacterial blood culture $187.31 $325.75 Oct 28, 2026
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Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center Prairie Du Chien · Prairie Du Chien, WI Bacterial blood culture $193.00 $193.00 Oct 22, 2026
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Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Edgerton · Janesville-Beloit, WI LCHG CULTURE BLOOD QUANT $193.45 $265.00 Jul 19, 2026
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Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Pleasant Prairie · Kenosha, WI Lab - Bacterial Blood Culture (Aerobic) $193.67 $258.23 Jul 1, 2026
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Cumberland Memorial Hospital Cumberland · Rice Lake, WI BLOOD CULTURE $201.05 $201.05 Apr 16, 2026
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Spooner Health System Spooner · Spooner, WI BLOOD CULTURE FOR BACTERIA $276.30 $307.00 Jul 20, 2026
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Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center Hayward · Hayward, WI Blood Culture for Bacteria $285.98 $301.03 Jan 26, 2026
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Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center Ashland · Ashland, WI Blood Culture for Bacteria $363.69 $382.83 Jan 26, 2026
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Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN CULTURE, BACTERIAL; BLOOD $377.00 $377.00 Nov 21, 2025
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AdventHealth Durand Durand · Durand, WI HC CULTURE BLOOD $384.36 $384.36 Apr 1, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 16 $72.61 $82.50
Green Bay, WI 5 $30.10 $85.80
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 5 $52.81 $75.81
Appleton, WI 4 $52.81 $64.31
Eau Claire, WI 3 $61.56 $87.10
Janesville-Beloit, WI 3 $82.50 $144.22
Madison, WI 3 $87.10 $136.80
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 $61.66 $82.58
Platteville, WI 3 $48.09 $50.47
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 3 $87.10 $87.10
Fond du Lac, WI 2 $52.81 $67.66
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 2 $56.81 $216.90
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI 2 $82.50 $82.50
Rice Lake, WI 2 $124.45 $162.75
Sheboygan, WI 2 $82.50 $84.15
Wausau, WI 2 $87.10 $105.78
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI 2 $82.50 $107.81
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 2 $87.10 $132.85
Antigo, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
Ashland, WI 1 $363.69 $363.69
Berlin, WI 1 $52.81 $52.81
Black River Falls, WI 1 $116.10 $116.10
Brookfield, WI 1 $72.61 $72.61
Baraboo, WI 1 $171.22 $171.22
Beaver Dam, WI 1 $179.55 $179.55
Durand, WI 1 $384.36 $384.36
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $151.50 $151.50
Eagle River, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
East Amery, WI 1 $60.48 $60.48
Friendship, WI 1 $58.93 $58.93
Grantsburg, WI 1 $128.00 $128.00
Hayward, WI 1 $285.98 $285.98
Kenosha, WI 1 $193.67 $193.67
Ladysmith, WI 1 $124.45 $124.45
Medford, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
Merrill, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
Minocqua, WI 1 $124.45 $124.45
Manitowoc, WI 1 $82.50 $82.50
Marinette, WI-MI 1 $82.50 $82.50
Neillsville, WI 1 $124.45 $124.45
New London, WI 1 $52.81 $52.81
Park Falls, WI 1 $124.45 $124.45
Prairie Du Chien, WI 1 $193.00 $193.00
Rhinelander, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
Spooner, WI 1 $276.30 $276.30
Shawano, WI 1 $52.81 $52.81
Sparta, WI 1 $187.31 $187.31
Tomahawk, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
Waupaca, WI 1 $52.81 $52.81
Whitehall, WI 1 $53.26 $53.26
Wild Rose, WI 1 $52.81 $52.81
Woodruff, WI 1 $87.10 $87.10
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

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Blood culture for bacteria in other states

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