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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$8.13$7.24 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.13 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $129Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $8

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
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$26.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.72
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.18

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 19th 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.