Bacterial culture (wound) cost in Vermont
In Vermont, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for bacterial culture of a sample other than urine, blood or stool (wound, throat, fluid): from $9.75 to $218.03, with a median of $84.27. The lowest price is at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (St. Johnsbury). The highest price is 22.4× 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 28, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$9.75Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
Median$84.27half of hospitals charge less
Highest$218.03in Vermont
Lowest saves$74.52vs the median
Hospitals in Vermont, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital lowest St. Johnsbury · St. Johnsbury, VT UVM BACTERIAL CULT,CF RESPIRAT | $9.75 | $13.00 | — source file |
| Grace Cottage Hospital Townshend · Brattleboro, VT Culture Throat | $24.00 | $30.00 | — source file |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Brattleboro · Brattleboro, VT Presumptive ID, non-Urine | $34.72 | $49.60 | Dec 29, 2025 source file |
| Northwestern Medical Center Saint Albans · Burlington-South Burlington, VT Culture othr specimn aerobic | $66.99 | $142.54 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| University of Vermont Medical Center Burlington · Burlington-South Burlington, VT HC - PHARYNGITIS CULTURE | $72.00 | $72.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Gifford Medical Center Randolph · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT CULTURE OTHR SPECIMN AEROBIC | $84.27 | $168.54 | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| North Country Hospital & Health Center Newport · Newport, VT Nasal Culture | $122.00 | $152.50 | — source file |
| Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center Windsor · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT Hc Eye Culture | $125.00 | $156.00 | — source file |
| Porter Hospital Middlebury · Middlebury, VT HC - PHARYNGITIS CULTURE | $127.00 | $127.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Bennington · Bennington, VT LAB-CSF CULTURE/INOC | $149.80 | $214.00 | — source file |
| Central Vermont Medical Center Berlin · Barre, VT HC - STERILITY CULT M | $218.03 | $218.03 | Apr 28, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brattleboro, VT | 2 | $24.00 | $29.36 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 2 | $66.99 | $69.50 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 2 | $84.27 | $104.64 |
| Barre, VT | 1 | $218.03 | $218.03 |
| Bennington, VT | 1 | $149.80 | $149.80 |
| Middlebury, VT | 1 | $127.00 | $127.00 |
| Newport, VT | 1 | $122.00 | $122.00 |
| St. Johnsbury, VT | 1 | $9.75 | $9.75 |
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
- Utah$102.73
- Virginia$68.95
- Washington$88.20
- West Virginia$50.50
- Wisconsin$77.35
- Wyoming$73.60
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.