Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
87040 BACTERIAL BLOOD CULTURE
Low
$0
Average
$131
Median
$24
High
$8.1k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center GRENADA, MS | $11 | $15 | $6 | 42% | 1,432–1,450 | $10 – $65 |
| 2 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $11 | $17 | $8 | 43% | 1,140 | $10 – $270 |
| 3 | Oneida Health ONEIDA, NY | $11 | $26 | $31 | 119% | 994–1,084 | $8 – $120 |
| 4 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $21 | $58 | $66 | 113% | 750–768 | $14 – $204 |
| 5 | Northwest Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ | $10 | $14 | $8 | 57% | 736–763 | $10 – $724 |
| 6 | Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA | $36 | $36 | — | — | 593–647 | $13 – $42 |
| 7 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN | $65 | $60 | $19 | 32% | 512–530 | $10 – $110 |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN | $65 | $60 | $19 | 32% | 510–528 | $10 – $110 |
| 9 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN | $71 | $63 | $18 | 29% | 495–513 | $10 – $110 |
| 10 | Allina Health Systems Faribault, MN | $71 | $63 | $18 | 29% | 491–509 | $10 – $110 |
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