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Quantitative Culture For Oxygen-Free Bacteria

Washington 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 9 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$9.12$8.71 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$10.23 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $9

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
$9.12
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$63.10
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$19.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.72
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$17.38

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 23rd of 51

$10.47

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.