Lab tests CPT 87070 Delaware Outpatient

Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Delaware

In Delaware, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $97.00 to $355.00, with a median of $225.91. The lowest price is at TidalHealth Nanticoke (Seaford). The highest price is 3.7× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 87070. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$97.00TidalHealth Nanticoke

Median$225.91half of hospitals charge less

Highest$355.00in Delaware

Lowest saves$128.91vs the median

Hospitals in Delaware, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
TidalHealth Nanticoke lowest Seaford · Seaford, DE HC Sm Cult Genital (Gesc)	$97.00	$97.00	— source file
St. Francis Hospital Wilmington · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD HC Quest 4446 Culture Bacterial Other Source	$193.05	$297.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Beebe Medical Center Lewes · Seaford, DE BACTERIAL CULTURE; ANY OTHER SOURCE EXCEPT URINE; BLOOD OR STOOL; AEROBIC	$205.70	$242.00	— source file
Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus Milford · Seaford, DE Hc Culture Othr Specimn Aerobic	$246.12	$293.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus Dover · Dover, DE Hc Culture Othr Specimn Aerobic	$246.12	$293.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Culture Bacterial	$355.00	$355.00	— 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
Seaford, DE	3	$97.00	$205.70
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	2	$193.05	$274.02
Dover, DE	1	$246.12	$246.12

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 it is

A bacterial culture grows bacteria from a sample such as a wound, throat swab, eye or fluid to find which germ causes an infection. It takes one to three days.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test; collecting the sample may be billed separately.

Bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.