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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Oklahoma 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$5.50 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$9.55 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $7 to $132Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $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
$7.08
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$8.13

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 8th of 51

$13.49

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.