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Anaerobic Bacterial Culture From A Body Sample

Virginia 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.46$5.01 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$9.55 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $15
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $15professional $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
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.00
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
$3.55
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.78

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$8.51

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.