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Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing

Georgia 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.50$3.98 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$8.13 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $5

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
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$15.85
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$16.98
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
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.58

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 40th of 51

$7.08

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.