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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Hawaii 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7.08 to $16.22.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $89Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 18th of 51

$9.77

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.