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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 8 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$6.61 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$15.85 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $8 to $209Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $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
$8.13
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.62
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.22
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$63.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 33rd 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.