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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

New Mexico 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$7.24$7.24 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$14.45 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $9 to $123Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $63
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $49professional $7

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
$14.45
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.46

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 14th of 51

$11.48

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.