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Bacterial Blood Culture Cost in Wisconsin
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 87 Wisconsin hospitals. CPT 87040. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $87.10
📉 Low $60.48
📈 High $384
🏥 87 hospitals
🏛️ 68 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Wisconsin
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 87 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | Cigna | Molina | Humana | MultiPlan | First Health | Health Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMERY HOSPITAL AMERY |
$60.48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL ALTOONA |
$61.56 | $10.32 | — | $90.00 | — | $10.32 | $87.00 | $85.00 | — |
| HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL MANITOWOC |
$63.25 | $10.32 | — | $82.80 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $92.00 | $101 | $69.00 |
| ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSPITAL - GREENFIELD MENOMONEE FALLS |
$64.29 | $2.85 | $10.32 | $88.93 | $2.99 | — | $133 | — | — |
| SSM HEALTH MONROE HOSPITAL MONROE |
$64.35 | — | $28.38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - MEQUON MEQUON |
$67.38 | $10.32 | — | $71.91 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $107 | $108 | $73.50 |
| FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - PEWAUKEE PEWAUKEE |
$67.38 | $10.32 | — | $71.91 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $107 | $108 | $73.50 |
| FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL - NEW BERLIN NEW BERLIN |
$67.38 | $10.32 | — | $71.91 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $107 | $108 | $73.50 |
| FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OAK CREEK OAK CREEK |
$67.38 | $10.32 | — | $71.91 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $107 | $108 | $73.50 |
| FROEDTERT WEST BEND HOSPITAL WEST BEND |
$79.20 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $137 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $125 | $127 | $12.38 |
| FROEDTERT HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE |
$79.20 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $112 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $115 | $125 | $12.38 |
| FROEDTERT BLUEMOUND REHABILITATION HOSPITAL WAUWATOSA |
$79.20 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $112 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $115 | $125 | $12.38 |
| FROEDTERT MENOMONEE FALLS HOSPITAL MENOMONEE FALLS |
$79.20 | $10.32 | $10.53 | $127 | — | $10.32 | $125 | $127 | $12.38 |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BURLINGTON BURLINGTON |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA MARINETTE |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA KENOSHA |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER FOND DU LAC FOND DU LAC |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER OSHKOSH OSHKOSH |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER MILWAUKEE |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER MANITOWOC COUNTY TWO RIVERS |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA WEST ALLIS MEDICAL CENTER WEST ALLIS |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER MILWAUKEE |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER ELKHORN |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN SHEBOYGAN |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CENTER GREEN BAY |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA ST. LUKE'S SOUTH SHORE CUDAHY |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER WASHINGTON COUNTY HARTFORD |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL WAUWATOSA |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER GRAFTON GRAFTON |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SUMMIT SUMMIT |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| AURORA MEDICAL CENTER MOUNT PLEASANT MOUNT PLEASANT |
$80.00 | $8.26 | $23.01 | $30.57 | $28.48 | — | — | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MERITER MADISON |
$82.40 | $6.19 | — | $28.84 | — | $10.32 | — | — | — |
| WESTFIELDS HOSPITAL NEW RICHMOND |
$82.58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASCENSION COLUMBIA ST MARYS HOSPITAL OZAUKEE N PORT WASHINGTON RD MEQUON |
$85.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HSHS ST. NICHOLAS HOSPITAL SHEBOYGAN |
$85.80 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $91.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $109 | $124 | $12.38 |
| HSHS ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL GREEN BAY |
$85.80 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $91.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $109 | $124 | $13.42 |
| HSHS ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL GREEN BAY |
$85.80 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $91.00 | $10.32 | $10.32 | $109 | $124 | $13.42 |
| ASPIRUS MEDFORD HOSPITAL & CLINICS, INC MEDFORD |
$87.10 | $41.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS DIVINE SAVIOR HOSPITAL PORTAGE |
$87.10 | $41.28 | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS WISCONSIN RAPIDS HOSPITAL WISCONSIN RAPIDS |
$87.10 | $41.28 | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS MERRILL HOSPITAL MERRILL |
$87.10 | $41.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS STANLEY HOSPITAL STANLEY |
$87.10 | $41.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS LANGLADE HOSPITAL ANTIGO |
$87.10 | $41.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS WAUSAU HOSPITAL WAUSAU |
$87.10 | $41.28 | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS TOMAHAWK HOSPITAL TOMAHAWK |
$87.10 | $41.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOWARD YOUNG MEDICAL CENTER WOODRUFF |
$87.10 | $41.28 | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL STEVENS POINT |
$87.10 | $41.28 | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS EAGLE RIVER HOSPITAL EAGLE RIVER |
$87.10 | $41.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS PLOVER HOSPITAL STEVENS POINT |
$87.10 | — | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ASPIRUS RHINELANDER HOSPITAL RHINELANDER |
$87.10 | $41.28 | $10.32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM FRANCISCAN MEDICAL CENTER LA CROSSE LA CROSSE |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OCONTO FALLS |
$99.00 | $12.38 | $36.00 | $93.75 | $11.30 | $36.00 | $134 | $142 | $13.42 |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM OAKRIDGE OSSEO PO BOX 70 |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM NORTHLAND BARRON |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM EAU CLAIRE EAU CLAIRE |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM CHIPPEWA VALLEY BLOOMER |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE SPARTA SPARTA |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM RED CEDAR MENOMONIE |
$99.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PAM REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF WAUSAU WAUSAU |
$103 | — | $10.32 | — | — | — | $82.56 | — | — |
| ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN W RIVER WOODS PKWY GLENDALE |
$105 | — | — | — | — | $10.01 | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 87040, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $114 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $87.10 for this?
That is the median of what the 87 Wisconsin hospitals above publish for Bacterial blood culture — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does bacterial blood culture cost in Wisconsin?
- Cash prices for bacterial blood culture (CPT 87040) in Wisconsin range from $60.48 to $384, with a median of $87.10. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest bacterial blood culture in Wisconsin?
- The cheapest Wisconsin hospital published cash price for this procedure is $60.48. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Wisconsin facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 87040 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.