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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Alabama 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 5 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$7.08$6.92 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$9.33 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $66Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $12professional $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
$8.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$7.59

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.