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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Arkansas 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 4 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$7.76$7.59 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$10.96 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$5$10$20facility $15professional $8

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
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 10th of 51

$11.75

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.