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CPT 87081

Bacterial Culture

Current code53 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicare (traditional): Traditional Medicare. Applies only to people on original Medicare.

HospitalMedicare (traditional) rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
BHC Fairfax HospitalKirkland—$10.00 – $56.00$10.00 – $56.00
Capital Medical CenterOlympiaFile dated 2026-08-27—$94.80$237
Cascade Medical CenterLeavenworth$60.711 plan$84.00$105
Cascade Valley HospitalArlington—$96.00$120
Coulee Medical CenterGrand Coulee—$103 – $173$114 – $192
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokaneFile dated 2026-08-27—$29.20$73.00
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland—$176$220
EvergreenHealth MonroeMonroe—$176$220
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$39.20 – $119$56.00 – $171
Highline Medical CenterBurienFile dated 2026-02-28—$66.08 – $68.12$216 – $223
Island HospitalAnacortes—$72.00$72.00
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichlandFile dated 2026-04-01—$77.70 – $113$111 – $162
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01———
Mary Bridge Children's HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27—$13.20$33.00
MultiCare Auburn Medical CenterAuburnFile dated 2026-08-27—$13.20$33.00
MultiCare Covington Medical CenterCovingtonFile dated 2026-08-27—$13.20$33.00
MultiCare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallupFile dated 2026-08-27—$13.20$33.00
MultiCare Valley HospitalSpokane ValleyFile dated 2026-08-27—$29.20$73.00
Olympic Medical CenterPort AngelesFile dated 2026-06-24—$35.20 – $97.60$44.00 – $122
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevueFile dated 2026-04-01—$73.27 – $93.50$147 – $187
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical CenterFriday Harbor—$38.35$59.00
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver—$85.15 – $87.75$131 – $135
PeaceHealth St John Medical CenterLongview—$112 – $115$172 – $177
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham—$78.00 – $80.60$120 – $124
PeaceHealth United General Medical CenterSedro Woolley—$61.10$94.00
Prov Sacred HRT Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.SpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01—$38.50 – $251$55.00 – $358
Providence Centralia HospitalCentraliaFile dated 2026-04-01—$200$385
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01—$76.30 – $153$109 – $218
Providence Mount Carmel HospitalColvilleFile dated 2026-04-01—$61.60 – $150$88.00 – $214
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverettFile dated 2026-04-01—$45.76$88.00
Providence St Joseph HospitalChewelahFile dated 2026-04-01—$70.70 – $111$101 – $158
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla WallaFile dated 2026-04-01—$22.40 – $98.70$32.00 – $141
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympiaFile dated 2026-04-01—$161 – $200$310 – $385
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle—$131 – $172$131 – $172
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon—$101$126
St Anthony HospitalGig HarborFile dated 2026-02-28—$65.82 – $67.85$216 – $223
St Clare HospitalLakewoodFile dated 2026-02-28—$62.37 – $64.30$216 – $223
St Elizabeth HospitalEnumclawFile dated 2026-02-28—$76.47 – $78.83$216 – $223
St Francis Community HospitalFederal WayFile dated 2026-02-28—$67.91 – $70.01$216 – $223
St Joseph Medical CenterTacomaFile dated 2026-02-28—$71.67 – $73.89$216 – $223
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdaleFile dated 2026-02-28—$95.50 – $98.46$216 – $223
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmondsFile dated 2026-04-01—$42.24$88.00
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01—$36.96 – $42.24$77.00 – $88.00
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$36.96 – $42.24$77.00 – $88.00
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$36.96 – $42.24$77.00 – $88.00
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27—$13.20$33.00
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster$6.50 – $69.652 plans$103$103
Trios HealthKennewick——$272
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$39.20 – $75.14$56.00 – $107
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle—$41.31$81.00
Wellfound Behavioral Health HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27—$20.00$50.00
WhidbeyHealth Medical CenterCoupeville—$18.00 – $187$18.00 – $187
Yakima Valley MemorialYakimaFile dated 2026-08-27—$67.60$169

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Lab fee schedule (national limit)
$6.63