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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Georgia 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$7.41$5.89 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$9.12 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $102Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $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
$7.08
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$8.91

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.