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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

South Dakota 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$11.22$7.59 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$17.78 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $11

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
$6.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$13.80

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.