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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Hawaii 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.48 to $19.95.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $11Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $24
$10$20facility $10professional $17

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
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.48
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$24.55

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 4th of 51

$15.14

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.