Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Georgia
In Georgia, 88 hospitals publish a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $12.50 to $461.99, with a median of $82.46. The lowest price is at Warm Springs Medical Center (Warm Springs). The highest price is 37.0× 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 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$12.50Warm Springs Medical Center
Median$82.46half of hospitals charge less
Highest$461.99in Georgia
Lowest saves$69.96vs the median
Hospitals in Georgia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Springs Medical Center lowest Warm Springs · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA CULTURE VAGINAL | $12.50 | $25.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Stephens County Hospital Toccoa · Toccoa, GA .CP CULTURE, OTHER SOURCE | $12.93 | $21.55 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Hospital Louisville · Louisville, GA CULTURE, BODY FLUID | $13.00 | $26.00 | Nov 1, 2024 source file |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center Sandersville · Sandersville, GA SPUTUM CULTURE | $15.50 | $31.00 | May 5, 2026 source file |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital Greenboro · Greenboro, GA HC CULTURE SPUTUM | $16.90 | $26.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col Augusta · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care At Warm Sp Warm Springs · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center LaGrange · LaGrange, GA-AL Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial Except Urine Blood/Stool Aerobic Isolates | $17.55 | $45.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia Ringgold · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC LAB CULT-BACT OTH SOURCE | $19.54 | $66.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Monroe County Hospital Forsyth · Macon-Bibb County, GA CULTURE WOUND | $23.10 | $30.80 | May 7, 2026 source file |
| Bleckley Memorial Hospital Cochran · Cochran, GA CULTURE SPUTUM | $24.04 | $63.25 | Dec 12, 2025 source file |
| Wills Memorial Hospital Washington · Washington, GA Aerobic Bacterial Culture LC | $26.60 | $38.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Elbert Memorial Hospital Elberton · Elberton, GA CULTURE SPUTUM | $28.70 | $71.75 | Dec 6, 2025 source file |
| St Mary's Hospital Athens · Athens-Clarke County, GA HC CULTURE CSF | $35.10 | $54.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| St Marys Sacred Heart Hospital Lavonia · Lavonia, GA HC CULTURE SPUTUM | $35.10 | $54.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| Shepherd Center Northwest Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC CULT AEROBIC OTHER PRES ID | $35.50 | $71.00 | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
| Mountain Lakes Medical Center Clayton · Clayton, GA EAR C&S | $38.80 | $97.00 | May 8, 2026 source file |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins Warner Robins · Warner Robins, GA Culture Nasopharyngeal 87070 | $40.00 | $40.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Perry Hospital Perry · Warner Robins, GA Culture Ear Eye 87070 | $40.00 | $40.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach Byron · Warner Robins, GA HC CULTURE OTHER SOURCE | $41.00 | $82.00 | Nov 19, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center Macon · Macon-Bibb County, GA HC CULTURE OTHER SOURCE | $41.00 | $82.00 | Nov 19, 2025 source file |
| Union General Hospital Blairsville · Blairsville, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $41.50 | $83.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital Hiawassee · Hiawassee, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $43.50 | $87.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Higgins General Hospital Bremen · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $44.00 | $110.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $44.00 | $110.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - Villa Rica Villa Rica · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $44.00 | $110.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Willowbrooke at Tanner Villa Rica · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $44.00 | $110.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Candler Hospital Savannah · Savannah, GA Culture, Mrsa Surveilance | $47.70 | $159.00 | Jul 1, 2025 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital - Savannah Savannah · Savannah, GA Culture, Mrsa Surveilance | $47.70 | $159.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center Moultrie · Moultrie, GA CULTURE GC OR OTHER SOUR | $49.00 | $49.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Athens · Athens-Clarke County, GA HC Cult Aerobic Presump ID Eye | $53.10 | $177.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Navicent Health Baldwin Milledgeville · Milledgeville, GA HC CULTURE OTHER SOURCE | $55.00 | $110.00 | Nov 19, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center Savannah · Savannah, GA CULTURE CSF | $70.00 | $70.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Flint River Community Hospital Montezuma · Montezuma, GA CULTURE RTN EACH ADDTL SITE | $72.00 | $96.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Gordon Calhoun · Calhoun, GA HC GENITAL CULTURE | $80.31 | $80.31 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Murray Chatsworth · Dalton, GA HC GENITAL CULTURE | $80.31 | $80.31 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Cartersville Cartersville · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown Columbus · Columbus, GA-AL HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional - Northside Columbus · Columbus, GA-AL HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Eastside Snellville · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Fayette Fayetteville · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Henry Stockbridge · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Macon Macon · Macon-Bibb County, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Macon North Macon · Macon-Bibb County, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Mountainside Jasper · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Newnan Newnan · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Newton Covington · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Rockdale Conyers · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Walton Monroe · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA HC Cult Aerob Presump ID Cath Tip | $84.60 | $282.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Doctors Hospital Augusta · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC CULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI | $85.07 | $85.07 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Donalsonville Hospital Donalsonville · Donalsonville, GA BACTERIAL ID | $100.30 | $118.00 | Aug 25, 2025 source file |
| Piedmont McDuffie Hospital Thomson · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Cult Aerobic Presump ID Eye | $100.60 | $335.35 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Piedmont Augusta Augusta · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Cult Aerobic Presump ID Eye | $100.60 | $335.35 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital and Manor Bainbridge · Bainbridge, GA N GONORRHEA URINE CULTURE | $103.60 | $148.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Crisp Regional Hospital Cordele · Cordele, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $121.85 | $128.26 | Mar 9, 2026 source file |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Arthur M. Blank Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Culture Abscess Aerobic Uc | $124.00 | $124.00 | May 14, 2026 source file |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta – Meridian Mark Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Culture Abscess Aerobic Uc | $124.00 | $124.00 | May 14, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Culture Abscess Aerobic Uc | $124.00 | $124.00 | May 14, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center Cedartown · Cedartown, GA HC CULTURE OTHER SOURCE | $127.50 | $255.00 | Nov 19, 2025 source file |
| Southwell Medical Center Adel · Adel, GA Culture Body Fluid | $128.06 | $256.11 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Satilla Health Waycross · Waycross, GA CULTURE SKIN | $137.00 | $137.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center Douglas · Douglas, GA CULTURE OTHER | $142.12 | $209.00 | Jun 5, 2026 source file |
| Tift Regional Medical Center Tifton · Tifton, GA Culture Nocardia-RL | $148.00 | $296.00 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Medical at Decatur Decatur · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture Bacterial | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Respiratory Upper Bacterial Culture | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital Lithonia · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Throat | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital Johns Creek · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Respiratory Bacterial Culture | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Emory University Hospital Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Throat | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Throat | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Josephs Hospital of Atlanta Atlanta · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Hc Culture Bacterial - Wound/Abscess Supreficial Bacterial Culture | $150.00 | $150.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center Statesboro · Statesboro, GA CULTURE BACTERIA OTH | $154.71 | $573.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| South Georgia Medical Center Valdosta · Valdosta, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $156.75 | $209.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| South Georgia Medical Center Berrien Campus Nashville · Nashville, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $156.75 | $209.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| South Georgia Medical Center Lanier Campus Lakeland · Valdosta, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $156.75 | $209.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Park Hospital Dublin · Dublin, GA CULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI | $171.25 | $171.25 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital Vidalia · Vidalia, GA CULTURE CATHETER TIP | $195.61 | $195.61 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center Rome · Rome, GA HC CULTURE OTHER SOURCE | $289.00 | $578.00 | Nov 19, 2025 source file |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center Blue Ridge · Blue Ridge, GA CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $334.18 | $556.97 | Apr 17, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Redmond Rome · Rome, GA HC CULTURE WOUND DRAINAGE-SUPERFICIAL | $461.99 | $461.99 | 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
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 35 | $12.50 | $84.60 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 4 | $17.55 | $92.84 |
| Macon-Bibb County, GA | 4 | $23.10 | $62.80 |
| Savannah, GA | 3 | $47.70 | $47.70 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 3 | $40.00 | $40.00 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 2 | $35.10 | $44.10 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 2 | $84.60 | $84.60 |
| Rome, GA | 2 | $289.00 | $375.50 |
| Valdosta, GA | 2 | $156.75 | $156.75 |
| Adel, GA | 1 | $128.06 | $128.06 |
| Blairsville, GA | 1 | $41.50 | $41.50 |
| Blue Ridge, GA | 1 | $334.18 | $334.18 |
| Bainbridge, GA | 1 | $103.60 | $103.60 |
| Clayton, GA | 1 | $38.80 | $38.80 |
| Cochran, GA | 1 | $24.04 | $24.04 |
| Calhoun, GA | 1 | $80.31 | $80.31 |
| Cedartown, GA | 1 | $127.50 | $127.50 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $19.54 | $19.54 |
| Cordele, GA | 1 | $121.85 | $121.85 |
| Donalsonville, GA | 1 | $100.30 | $100.30 |
| Dalton, GA | 1 | $80.31 | $80.31 |
| Douglas, GA | 1 | $142.12 | $142.12 |
| Dublin, GA | 1 | $171.25 | $171.25 |
| Elberton, GA | 1 | $28.70 | $28.70 |
| Greenboro, GA | 1 | $16.90 | $16.90 |
| Hiawassee, GA | 1 | $43.50 | $43.50 |
| Lavonia, GA | 1 | $35.10 | $35.10 |
| Louisville, GA | 1 | $13.00 | $13.00 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 1 | $17.55 | $17.55 |
| Montezuma, GA | 1 | $72.00 | $72.00 |
| Milledgeville, GA | 1 | $55.00 | $55.00 |
| Moultrie, GA | 1 | $49.00 | $49.00 |
| Nashville, GA | 1 | $156.75 | $156.75 |
| Sandersville, GA | 1 | $15.50 | $15.50 |
| Statesboro, GA | 1 | $154.71 | $154.71 |
| Tifton, GA | 1 | $148.00 | $148.00 |
| Toccoa, GA | 1 | $12.93 | $12.93 |
| Vidalia, GA | 1 | $195.61 | $195.61 |
| Washington, GA | 1 | $26.60 | $26.60 |
| Waycross, GA | 1 | $137.00 | $137.00 |
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
- Alabama$76.99
- Alaska$144.65
- Arizona$61.62
- Arkansas$38.48
- California$133.00
- Colorado$107.50
- Connecticut$51.32
- Delaware$225.91
- District of Columbia$89.70
- Florida$90.00
- Hawaii$80.40
- Idaho$58.88
- Illinois$91.00
- Indiana$94.20
- Iowa$60.45
- Kansas$57.05
- Kentucky$103.20
- Louisiana$28.15
- Maine$69.00
- Maryland$112.37
- Massachusetts$40.00
- Michigan$53.00
- Minnesota$68.69
- Mississippi$53.04
- Missouri$67.70
- Montana$65.00
- Nebraska$81.03
- Nevada$112.00
- New Hampshire$92.10
- New Jersey$29.16
- New Mexico$82.59
- New York$37.80
- North Carolina$71.80
- North Dakota$64.80
- Ohio$67.75
- Oklahoma$42.50
- Oregon$52.38
- Pennsylvania$61.20
- Puerto Rico$30.00
- Rhode Island$68.80
- South Carolina$123.54
- South Dakota$85.30
- Tennessee$39.10
- Texas$67.00
- Utah$102.73
- Vermont$84.27
- Virginia$68.95
- Washington$87.60
- West Virginia$50.50
- Wisconsin$77.35
- Wyoming$73.60
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.