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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Colorado 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$7.08$6.17 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$16.22 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $8 to $138Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $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
$7.76
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.77
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$38.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.59

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$9.12

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.