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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Louisiana 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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$10.72$9.33 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$11.75 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $13professional $11

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
$13.18
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.62
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.18

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$11.75

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.