Bacterial culture (wound) cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 19 hospitals publish a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $23.10 to $270.75, with a median of $92.10. The lowest price is at Valley Regional Hospital (Claremont). The highest price is 11.7× 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 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$23.10Valley Regional Hospital
Median$92.10half of hospitals charge less
Highest$270.75in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$69.00vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT AEROBIC CULTURE | $23.10 | $42.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Colebrook · Colebrook, NH BACTERIAL CULTURE OTHR SOURCE | $27.75 | $50.00 | Nov 5, 2025 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, NH BACTERIAL CULTURE OTHR SOURCE | $28.00 | $50.00 | Nov 12, 2025 source file |
| Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin · Berlin, NH BACTERIAL CULTURE OTHR SOURCE | $31.50 | $50.00 | Nov 5, 2025 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT PCH CNS CULTURE (CGP) | $41.00 | $134.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT Catheter Tip Culture | $48.36 | $78.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC CULTURE BACTERIAL ANY SOURCE AEROBIC ISO&ID | $63.64 | $172.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC SO BODY FLUID CULTURE | $76.05 | $195.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Culture Bacterial Any Source Aerobic Iso&Amp;Id | $82.51 | $223.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital North Conway · North Conway, NH HC CUL XCPT URINE AEROISOL | $92.10 | $92.10 | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT BACTERIAL CULTURE; ANY OTHER SOURCE EXCEPT URINE; BLOOD OR STOOL; AEROBIC | $118.90 | $205.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH BACTERIAL CULTURE; ANY OTHER SOURCE EXCEPT URINE; BLOOD OR STOOL; AEROBIC | $130.50 | $261.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH CULTURE AEROBIC | $153.00 | $255.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG CUL BACT XCPT URINE BLOOD/STOOL AEROBIC ISOL | $162.00 | $162.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dover Emergency Room Dover · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CULTURE GENITAL | $225.00 | $225.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CULTURE GENITAL | $225.00 | $225.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Seabrook Emergency Seabrook · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CULTURE GENITAL | $225.00 | $225.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkland Medical Center Derry · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CULTURE SURGICAL SPEC | $270.75 | $270.75 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Plaistow Fser Plaistow · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CULTURE CATHETER TIP | $270.75 | $270.75 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 6 | $162.00 | $225.00 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 4 | $23.10 | $44.68 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $63.64 | $79.28 |
| Berlin, NH | 1 | $31.50 | $31.50 |
| Colebrook, NH | 1 | $27.75 | $27.75 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $28.00 | $28.00 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $92.10 | $92.10 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $130.50 | $130.50 |
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
- Georgia$82.46
- Hawaii$80.40
- Idaho$58.88
- Illinois$91.00
- Indiana$94.20
- Iowa$60.45
- Kansas$56.10
- Kentucky$103.20
- Louisiana$28.15
- Maine$69.00
- Maryland$112.37
- Massachusetts$40.00
- Michigan$53.00
- Minnesota$69.27
- Mississippi$53.04
- Missouri$67.70
- Montana$65.00
- Nebraska$81.03
- Nevada$112.00
- New Jersey$29.16
- New Mexico$82.59
- New York$37.80
- North Carolina$71.80
- North Dakota$64.80
- Ohio$68.50
- Oklahoma$42.50
- Oregon$52.38
- Pennsylvania$61.20
- Puerto Rico$30.00
- Rhode Island$68.80
- South Carolina$123.54
- South Dakota$87.50
- 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$75.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.