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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Nevada 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 6 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$7.76$7.24 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$8.13 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $51Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$7.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 42nd of 51

$8.13

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.