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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Colorado 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 Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 7 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$7.41$7.41 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$12.88 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $7 to $54Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $7

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
$6.03
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.55

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 33rd 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.