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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Kentucky 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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$7.59$3.98 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$7.94 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.18

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$7.76

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.