Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Utah
In Utah, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $9.30 to $281.12, with a median of $102.73. The lowest price is at Ogden Regional Medical Center (Ogden) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 30.2× 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 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$9.30Ogden Regional Medical Center + 1 more
Median$102.73half of hospitals charge less
Highest$281.12in Utah
Lowest saves$93.43vs the median
Hospitals in Utah, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden Regional Medical Center lowest Ogden · Ogden, UT CULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI | $9.30 | $9.30 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Pleasant View Emergency Center lowest Pleasant View · Ogden, UT CULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI | $9.30 | $9.30 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Bountiful · Ogden, UT CULTURE CATHETER TIP | $25.86 | $25.86 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Bacterial Culture | $26.18 | $37.40 | — source file |
| Timpanogos Regional Hospital Lehi · Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT CULTURE BODY FLUID | $28.67 | $28.67 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Brigham City Community Hospital Brigham City · Brigham City, UT-ID CULT ENVIRON EPIDEMI | $58.50 | $58.50 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Cache Valley Hospital North Logan · Logan, UT-ID CULTURE SPUTUM | $60.34 | $60.34 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Moab Regional Moab · Moab, UT CULTURE, EAR | $98.21 | $161.00 | — source file |
| Castleview Hospital Price · Price, UT Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $107.25 | $195.00 | — source file |
| Ashley Regional Medical Center Noth Vernal · Vernal, UT Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates | $117.18 | $195.30 | — source file |
| Mountain West Medical Center Tooele · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic | $161.76 | $269.60 | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| Uintah Basin Medical Center Roosevelt · Roosevelt, UT BACTERIAL CULTURE; ANY OTHER SOURCE EXCEPT URINE; BLOOD OR STOOL; AEROBIC | $168.75 | $187.50 | — source file |
| St Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT CULT THROAT | $242.78 | $242.78 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Mountain View Hospital Payson · Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT CULT THROAT | $271.67 | $271.67 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Herriman Emergency Center Herriman · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT CULT THROAT | $281.12 | $281.12 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Lone Peak Hospital Draper · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT CULT THROAT | $281.12 | $281.12 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 5 | $26.18 | $242.78 |
| Ogden, UT | 3 | $9.30 | $9.30 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 2 | $28.67 | $150.17 |
| Brigham City, UT-ID | 1 | $58.50 | $58.50 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 1 | $60.34 | $60.34 |
| Moab, UT | 1 | $98.21 | $98.21 |
| Price, UT | 1 | $107.25 | $107.25 |
| Roosevelt, UT | 1 | $168.75 | $168.75 |
| Vernal, UT | 1 | $117.18 | $117.18 |
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
- Indiana$93.42
- 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
- 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.