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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Virginia 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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$7.24$6.17 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$9.55 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $48Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $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
$8.91
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.08
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$20.42
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$8.91

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.