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Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Anaerobic Bacteria Identification, Additional Testing cost?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$6.31 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$13.18 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $9 to $107Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $25professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.62
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$22.91
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.12
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in West Virginia than in Tennessee. 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.

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$10.23

WV $75.86TN $7.24

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.