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Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing

Minnesota 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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$8.13$6.92 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$33.88 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $8 to $126Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $60professional $8

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
$7.59
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.85
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.05
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.95

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$15.85

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.