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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87088

A urine sample is grown in the laboratory to allow any bacteria present to multiply, and each type of bacteria found is then identified. This goes a step further than simply counting colonies, telling the clinician which specific type or types of bacteria are causing a suspected urinary tract infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification cost?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $8.13 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 6 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$9.55$7.41 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.13$7.08 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $10

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
$33.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$26.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$77.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 35th of 51

$8.51

WV $75.86DC $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.