Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Indiana
In Indiana, 86 hospitals publish a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $14.95 to $575.24, with a median of $93.42. The lowest price is at Community Hospital of Bremen (Bremen). The highest price is 38.5× 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$14.95Community Hospital of Bremen
Median$93.42half of hospitals charge less
Highest$575.24in Indiana
Lowest saves$78.47vs the median
Hospitals in Indiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Hospital of Bremen lowest Bremen · Plymouth, IN 87070 CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $14.95 | $23.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Plymouth Medical Center Plymouth · Plymouth, IN HC Culture Catheter Tip | $18.85 | $29.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Gibson General Hospital Princeton · Princeton, IN HC CULTURE RESPIRATORY TRACT | $31.80 | $60.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Hendricks Regional Health Danville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HB ROUTINE CULTURE AEROBIC | $32.40 | $81.00 | — source file |
| Methodist Hospital-Southlake Merrillville · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC Scope Culture(Endoscopy Scopes) | $34.30 | $49.00 | — source file |
| The Methodist Hospitals Gary · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC Scope Culture(Endoscopy Scopes) | $34.30 | $49.00 | — source file |
| Greene County General Hospital Linton · Linton, IN LABCORP AEROBIC CULTURE 008649 | $35.01 | $58.35 | — source file |
| Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI HC Culture Wound | $36.40 | $56.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB CF RESPIRATORY CULT/GRAM STAIN | $38.50 | $275.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Norton Scott Hospital Scottsburg · Scottsburg, IN HB CULTURE CSF | $38.80 | $194.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Norton Kings Daughters Health Madison · Madison, IN HB CULTURE LEGIONELLA | $39.60 | $180.00 | May 5, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Munster Munster · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $41.11 | $193.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Indianapolis Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 675 | $41.58 | $180.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan St Francis Health - Carmel Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 675 | $41.58 | $180.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Jennings Hospital North Vernon · North Vernon, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $44.40 | $74.00 | — source file |
| Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus · Columbus, IN HC Bacterial Culture | $44.80 | $56.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Mooresville Mooresville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $45.72 | $180.00 | — source file |
| Putnam County Hospital Greencastle · Greencastle, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $45.97 | $54.08 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| Adams County Memorial Hospital Decatur · Decatur, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $47.00 | $47.00 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Rehabilitation Hospital Of Indiana Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Wound Culture and Stain RHI | $48.45 | $85.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Rensselaer Rensselaer · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $48.69 | $136.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Randolph Hospital Winchester · Winchester, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $49.80 | $83.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Dyer Dyer · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $52.11 | $193.00 | — source file |
| Riverview Health Noblesville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULTURE BLOOD PRODUCT | $52.80 | $88.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City Michigan City · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $60.32 | $290.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Michigan City LaPorte La Porte · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $60.32 | $290.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Crown Point Crown Point · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $60.89 | $236.00 | — source file |
| Good Samaritan Hosptial Vincennes · Vincennes, IN HC CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $61.80 | $103.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Franciscan Health Crawfordsville Crawfordsville · Crawfordsville, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $62.60 | $231.00 | — source file |
| Franciscan Health Lafayette Lafayette · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN Bacterial Culture - Othr Source 671 | $63.43 | $287.00 | — source file |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Wound Culture without Gram stain | $65.88 | $244.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Major Hospital Shelbyville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $68.20 | $220.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| The Women's Hospital Newburgh · Evansville, IN HC CULTURE EAR | $70.85 | $120.08 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Perry County Memorial Hospital Tell City · Tell City, IN CULTURE EAR | $72.80 | $104.00 | Jun 8, 2026 source file |
| Kosciusko Community Hospital Warsaw · Warsaw, IN zzEnvironmental Culture | $81.06 | $386.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center – The Orthopedic Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Body Fluid Culture, Sterile (LC) | $85.32 | $316.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville Clarksville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Body Fluid Culture | $86.20 | $86.20 | Aug 6, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport · Logansport, IN HC CULTURE GU - FEMALE | $86.50 | $173.00 | — source file |
| Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $90.40 | $113.00 | May 5, 2026 source file |
| Union Hospital Regional Terre Haute · Terre Haute, IN Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $91.20 | $152.00 | — source file |
| Union Hospital Terre Haute Terre Haute · Terre Haute, IN Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $91.20 | $152.00 | — source file |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HC Bacterial Culture Other Source | $91.80 | $102.00 | — source file |
| St. Joseph Health System Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Org ID Bacteria (CQ) | $92.64 | $386.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville · Evansville, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $94.20 | $157.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Warrick Boonville · Evansville, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $94.20 | $157.00 | — source file |
| Decatur County Memorial Hospital Greensburg · Greensburg, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $96.75 | $129.00 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton · Fort Wayne, IN Body Fluid Culture without Gram Stain | $97.44 | $406.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN Eye Culture without Gram Stain | $100.44 | $372.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $102.00 | $170.00 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $107.18 | $142.90 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Sullivan County Community Hospital Sullivan · Terre Haute, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $108.75 | $145.00 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health - Starke Knox · Knox, IN Catheter Tip Culture | $110.49 | $409.21 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN B pertussis Nasopharnyx Culture (LC) | $115.80 | $386.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Union Hospital Clinton Clinton · Terre Haute, IN Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $120.60 | $201.00 | — source file |
| Parkview Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington, IN HC CULTURE CSF | $122.00 | $244.00 | — source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City · Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE CSF | $122.00 | $244.00 | — source file |
| Parkview LaGrange Hospital LaGrange · LaGrange, IN HC CULTURE RESPIRATORY | $122.50 | $245.00 | — source file |
| Parkview DeKalb Hospital Auburn · Auburn, IN HC CULTURE NOSE | $124.00 | $248.00 | — source file |
| Parkview Noble Hospital Kendallville · Kendallville, IN HC CULTURE GU - MALE | $124.00 | $248.00 | — source file |
| Parkview Wabash Hospital Wabash · Wabash, IN HC CULTURE CSF | $125.50 | $251.00 | — source file |
| Goshen Hospital Goshen · Elkhart-Goshen, IN Nasopharyngeal culture | $126.00 | $180.00 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Dukes Memorial Hospital Peru · Peru, IN Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture without Gram Stain | $127.50 | $255.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE RESPIRATORY | $128.00 | $256.00 | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE GU - FEMALE | $128.00 | $256.00 | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital of South Bend South Bend · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Culture Genital, Routine | $128.70 | $198.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Henry County Memorial Hospital New Castle · New Castle, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $133.77 | $191.10 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health-la Porte La Porte · Michigan City-La Porte, IN Ear Culture without Gram Stain | $135.04 | $409.21 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pulaski Memorial Hospital Winamac · Winamac, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $138.11 | $197.30 | Jul 7, 2026 source file |
| Hancock Regional Hospital Greenfield · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $150.40 | $188.00 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| St. Vincent Williamsport Hospital Williamsport · Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $150.60 | $251.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St. Vincent Anderson Hospital Anderson · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN CULT BACT OTHSRC EX URN/BLD/ST | $153.00 | $255.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Clay Hospital Brazil · Terre Haute, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $154.20 | $257.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $154.20 | $257.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St. Vincent Seton Speciality Hospital Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| Carmel AmbSurg Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| Endo Surgery Center Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| Naab Road Surgery Center Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Carmel Hospital Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Fishers Hospital Fishers · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana Carmel · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $157.20 | $262.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Kokomo Kokomo · Kokomo, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $159.00 | $265.00 | — source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Mercy Elwood · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN #CULT BACT OTH SRC;AER | $160.20 | $267.00 | — source file |
| Woodlawn Hospital Rochester · Rochester, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $162.00 | $216.00 | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| Witham Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $195.51 | $279.30 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Uchicago Medicine Northwest Indiana Crown Point · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC CULTURE, LOWER RESPIRATORY | $375.00 | $375.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rush Memorial Hospital Rushville · Rushville, IN Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $575.24 | $766.98 | Apr 27, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
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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
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By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 20 | $32.40 | $151.70 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 8 | $34.30 | $50.40 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 8 | $85.32 | $108.12 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 5 | $38.50 | $102.00 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 5 | $91.20 | $108.75 |
| Evansville, IN | 3 | $70.85 | $94.20 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 3 | $60.32 | $60.32 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 2 | $63.43 | $107.02 |
| Plymouth, IN | 2 | $14.95 | $16.90 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 2 | $36.40 | $82.55 |
| Auburn, IN | 1 | $124.00 | $124.00 |
| Columbus, IN | 1 | $44.80 | $44.80 |
| Crawfordsville, IN | 1 | $62.60 | $62.60 |
| Decatur, IN | 1 | $47.00 | $47.00 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 1 | $126.00 | $126.00 |
| Greencastle, IN | 1 | $45.97 | $45.97 |
| Greensburg, IN | 1 | $96.75 | $96.75 |
| Huntington, IN | 1 | $122.00 | $122.00 |
| Knox, IN | 1 | $110.49 | $110.49 |
| Kendallville, IN | 1 | $124.00 | $124.00 |
| Kokomo, IN | 1 | $159.00 | $159.00 |
| LaGrange, IN | 1 | $122.50 | $122.50 |
| Linton, IN | 1 | $35.01 | $35.01 |
| Logansport, IN | 1 | $86.50 | $86.50 |
| Madison, IN | 1 | $39.60 | $39.60 |
| North Vernon, IN | 1 | $44.40 | $44.40 |
| New Castle, IN | 1 | $133.77 | $133.77 |
| Princeton, IN | 1 | $31.80 | $31.80 |
| Peru, IN | 1 | $127.50 | $127.50 |
| Rochester, IN | 1 | $162.00 | $162.00 |
| Rushville, IN | 1 | $575.24 | $575.24 |
| Scottsburg, IN | 1 | $38.80 | $38.80 |
| Tell City, IN | 1 | $72.80 | $72.80 |
| Vincennes, IN | 1 | $61.80 | $61.80 |
| Winamac, IN | 1 | $138.11 | $138.11 |
| Winchester, IN | 1 | $49.80 | $49.80 |
| Wabash, IN | 1 | $125.50 | $125.50 |
| Warsaw, IN | 1 | $81.06 | $81.06 |
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$67.60
- Arkansas$38.48
- California$133.00
- Colorado$99.60
- Connecticut$48.32
- Delaware$199.38
- District of Columbia$89.70
- Florida$86.20
- Georgia$82.46
- Hawaii$80.40
- Idaho$58.88
- Illinois$90.00
- Iowa$60.45
- Kansas$58.75
- Kentucky$103.20
- Louisiana$29.24
- Maine$61.51
- Maryland$112.37
- Massachusetts$40.00
- Michigan$53.00
- Minnesota$66.72
- Mississippi$53.04
- Missouri$68.30
- Montana$65.00
- Nebraska$77.42
- Nevada$112.00
- New Hampshire$92.10
- New Jersey$29.16
- New Mexico$84.78
- New York$38.38
- North Carolina$77.74
- North Dakota$64.80
- Ohio$68.50
- Oklahoma$44.13
- Oregon$52.38
- Pennsylvania$61.70
- Puerto Rico$30.00
- Rhode Island$68.80
- South Carolina$123.54
- South Dakota$89.18
- Tennessee$40.20
- Texas$69.48
- Utah$102.73
- Vermont$84.27
- Virginia$68.95
- Washington$88.20
- West Virginia$50.50
- Wisconsin$77.35
- Wyoming$73.60
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.