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Anaerobic Bacterial Culture From A Body Sample

Arizona rates for HCPCS 87075

A sample taken from almost anywhere in the body other than the bloodstream is grown in the laboratory in an oxygen-free environment, so that bacteria which can only survive without oxygen have a chance to multiply. Any organisms that grow are separated out and given a preliminary identification. These bacteria are common in deep, closed-off infections such as abscesses and are easily missed when a sample is only grown in ordinary air.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Anaerobic Bacterial Culture From A Body Sample cost?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.75$5.37 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$9.12 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $44Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.88
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.26

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 15.8 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$8.13

VT $112MD $7.08

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.