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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Iowa 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$9.55$7.41 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$9.55 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $126Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $63
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $10

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
$7.41
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$11.48

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.