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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Mississippi 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 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 4 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$10.47$7.59 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.55 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20facility $15professional $10

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
$9.55
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$19.50

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 18th of 51

$11.22

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.