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Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing

Alabama rates for HCPCS 87076

This laboratory service identifies a specific type of bacteria that grows only in the absence of oxygen, after it has already been isolated from a sample taken from the body. Extra testing steps are used to pin down exactly which anaerobic organism is present, which helps guide antibiotic choice. It is typically performed as a follow-up step after an initial culture shows bacterial growth.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing cost?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.46$4.27 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.47 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $10Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.61
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
$3.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.86

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.6 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$9.33

VT $33.88MD $6.03

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.