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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Maryland 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 6 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$7.24$7.08 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$6.17 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $151Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $37
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $7

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$37.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$7.24

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.