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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Florida 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$8.13$7.76 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$12.30 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $9 to $186Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $29professional $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
$8.71
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 39th of 51

$8.71

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.