Bacterial Culture, Any Other Source Except Urine, Blood or Stool, Aerobic Cost in Ohio
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 125 Ohio hospitals. CPT 87070. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $69.55
📉 Low $3.60
📈 High $233
🏥 125 hospitals
🏛️ 79 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Ohio
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 125 hospitals.
Billed more than $69.55 for this? That gap is evidence.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | UHC | Molina | Cigna | Humana | MultiPlan | Centene | BCBS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AULTMAN ALLIANCE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ALLIANCE |
$3.60 | $6.90 | $3.62 | — | — | — | — | — | $5.17 |
| EAST LIVERPOOL CITY HOSPITAL EAST LIVERPOOL |
$8.00 | — | $8.45 | $8.62 | — | — | $12.90 | — | — |
| COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER COSHOCTON |
$8.00 | — | $8.62 | $8.62 | — | — | $12.90 | — | — |
| LIMA MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM LIMA |
$10.80 | $8.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $8.62 |
| GENESIS HOSPITAL ZANESVILLE |
$14.18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL DAYTON DAYTON |
$14.85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AULTMAN HOSPITAL CANTON |
$18.90 | $8.62 | — | — | $16.30 | — | — | — | $5.17 |
| MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL COLDWATER |
$21.66 | $8.88 | — | $14.22 | — | $8.75 | — | — | — |
| TRIHEALTH CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL WILMINGTON |
$22.05 | $8.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADENA FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE |
$23.50 | $19.27 | $29.56 | $19.27 | $32.38 | $19.27 | $44.64 | — | — |
| ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHILLICOTHE |
$23.50 | $8.62 | $8.62 | $8.62 | $29.09 | $8.62 | $44.64 | — | — |
| ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER WAVERLY |
$23.50 | $11.28 | $80.00 | $11.28 | $34.02 | $11.28 | $44.64 | — | — |
| ADENA GREENFIELD MEDICAL CENTER GREENFIELD |
$23.50 | $11.28 | $11.28 | $11.28 | $44.64 | $11.39 | $44.64 | — | — |
| KETTERING HEALTH GREENE MEMORIAL XENIA |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KETTERING HEALTH MAIN CAMPUS KETTERING |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KETTERING HEALTH TROY TROY |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KETTERING HEALTH BEHAVIORAL MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KETTERING HEALTH BEHAVIORAL MEDICAL CENTER DAYTON |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KETTERING HEALTH HAMILTON HAMILTON |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| SOIN MEDICAL CENTER BEAVERCREEK |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KETTERING HEALTH DAYTON DAYTON |
$26.00 | $9.73 | $8.62 | $9.05 | $9.80 | — | — | — | $4.26 |
| KINDRED HOSPITAL LIMA LIMA |
$27.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAYNE HOSPITAL GREENVILLE |
$34.50 | $33.00 | $33.00 | — | $33.00 | $33.00 | — | $33.00 | — |
| HENRY COUNTY HOSPITAL NAPOLEON |
$41.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DAYTON |
$43.13 | $8.62 | $50.00 | — | $98.00 | $98.00 | $98.00 | $8.62 | — |
| MERCY HEALTH - THE JEWISH HOSPITAL CINCINNATI |
$43.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HEALTH - CLERMONT HOSPITAL BATAVIA |
$43.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HEALTH - FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL FAIRFIELD |
$43.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HEALTH KINGS MILLS HOSPITAL MASON |
$43.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SURGICAL HOSPITAL AT SOUTHWOODS YOUNGSTOWN |
$44.56 | $72.42 | $10.34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SURGICAL HOSPITAL AT SOUTHWOODS YOUNGSTOWN |
$44.56 | $72.42 | $10.34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY TIFFIN HOSPITAL TIFFIN |
$45.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SEAMAN |
$50.40 | — | $10.25 | $10.25 | — | $10.25 | — | — | — |
| KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER OHIO PORTSMOUTH |
$50.80 | $83.95 | $81.03 | — | $43.82 | — | $114 | — | $7.32 |
| MERCY HEALTH - DEFIANCE HOSPITAL DEFIANCE |
$52.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AULTMAN ORRVILLE HOSPITAL ORRVILLE |
$55.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $5.17 |
| GRANT MEDICAL CENTER COLUMBUS |
$56.55 | $8.62 | $32.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DUBLIN METHODIST HOSPITAL DUBLIN |
$56.55 | $8.62 | $32.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PICKERINGTON METHODIST HOSPITAL PICKERINGTON |
$56.55 | $8.62 | $32.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL COLUMBUS |
$56.55 | $8.62 | $32.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DOCTORS HOSPITAL COLUMBUS |
$56.55 | $8.62 | $32.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OHIOHEALTH GROVE CITY METHODIST HOSPITAL GROVE CITY |
$56.55 | $8.62 | $32.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FISHER-TITUS MEDICAL CENTER NORWALK |
$56.70 | $8.62 | $8.62 | $10.56 | — | — | — | $8.62 | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER TOLEDO |
$58.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOLZER MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON JACKSON |
$59.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOLZER GALLIPOLIS GALLIPOLIS |
$59.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST ELIZABETH BOARDMAN HEALTH CENTER YOUNGSTOWN |
$61.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL ANDERSON CINCINNATI |
$61.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HEALTH - ST. JOSEPH WARREN HOSPITAL WARREN |
$61.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST ELIZABETH YOUNGSTOWN HOSPITAL YOUNGSTOWN |
$61.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HEALTH - WEST HOSPITAL CINCINNATI |
$61.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTER MIDDLETOWN |
$62.00 | — | $10.34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHEASTERN OHIO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMBRIDGE |
$62.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| POMERENE HOSPITAL MILLERSBURG |
$64.00 | $8.61 | $8.62 | $8.45 | $70.80 | $8.45 | $90.00 | — | — |
| WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL W MICHIGAN ST SIDNEY |
$64.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SUMMA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL AKRON |
$65.52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL BARNESVILLE |
$66.00 | $31.50 | $28.38 | — | $95.00 | $31.50 | $95.00 | — | — |
| HARRISON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CADIZ |
$67.00 | $30.00 | $42.00 | — | $95.00 | $44.10 | $95.00 | — | $4.26 |
| LICKING MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS NEWARK |
$68.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MOUNT CARMEL NEW ALBANY HOSPITAL NEW ALBANY |
$69.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 87070, 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: $66.00 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $69.55 for this?
That is the median of what the 125 Ohio hospitals above publish for Bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic — 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 culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic cost in Ohio?
- Cash prices for bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic (CPT 87070) in Ohio range from $3.60 to $233, with a median of $69.55. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest bacterial culture, any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic in Ohio?
- The cheapest Ohio hospital published cash price for this procedure is $3.60. 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 Ohio facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 87070 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.