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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Missouri 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$8.51$5.89 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.55 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $9

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
$9.33
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.88

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$10.47

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.