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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Georgia 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$7.76$6.46 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$9.55 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18
$5$10$20facility $13professional $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
$7.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$20.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.18

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$8.91

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.