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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

North Dakota 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $9.12 to $19.50.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $16

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
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.49

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 2nd of 51

$16.22

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.