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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Idaho 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 Idaho, 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$9.12 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$14.45 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $48Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$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
$17.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$35.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.49

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th 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.