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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Kansas 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 5 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$8.32$7.94 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$15.49 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $21professional $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
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$17.38

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 25th of 51

$10.23

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.