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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87073

A laboratory culture that grows bacteria able to live without oxygen from a sample such as tissue or fluid, counts how many are present, and gives a preliminary identification. Counting the organisms helps separate a genuine infection from harmless contamination.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria cost?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$17.38 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$5.13 to $9.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $47Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.55
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$30.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 27th of 51

$9.55

VT $16.60MD $7.24

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.