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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Iowa 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$12.59$8.13 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$12.30 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $8 to $95Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $52
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $13

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
$30.90
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$20.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$20.42
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$15.85

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.