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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Montana 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$12.59$11.22 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$12.02 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $63
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $13

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$13.18

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$13.49

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.