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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

New Hampshire 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$10.00$6.31 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$18.20 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $16 to $56Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $41
$5$10$20$50facility $31professional $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
$13.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$28.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$27.54

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 5th of 51

$14.45

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.