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
87070 BACTERIAL CULTURE
Based on 149,425–347,254 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$6
Average
$1.2k
Median
$46
High
$2849.7k
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| 1 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $17 | $44 | $55 | 125% | 9,199–9,235 | $8 – $161 |
| 2 | Christian Hospital St. Louis, MO | $36 | $34 | $21 | 61% | 3,059–3,104 | $9 – $173 |
| 3 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT | $88 | $71 | $39 | 55% | 3,022–3,031 | $9 – $124 |
| 4 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $21 | $111 | $119 | 107% | 2,907–3,150 | $7 – $279 |
| 5 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $124 | $133 | $118 | 89% | 2,597–3,209 | $7 – $289 |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $77 | $70 | $10 | 14% | 2,555–2,879 | $9 – $85 |
| 7 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA | $107 | $102 | $26 | 26% | 2,485–2,620 | $8 – $145 |
| 8 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA | $14 | $61 | $68 | 111% | 2,479–2,533 | $1 – $171 |
| 9 | St Joseph Regional Health Center Bryan, TX | $14 | $57 | $103 | 181% | 2,357–2,393 | $7 – $397 |
| 10 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $83 | $78 | $16 | 20% | 2,327–3,677 | $8 – $87 |
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