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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Ohio 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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 8 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$5.37 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$9.55 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$7.76
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.22
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$18.20
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$39.81
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$17.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$13.18

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 34th of 51

$9.12

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.