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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Idaho 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 Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$8.71$7.76 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$12.02 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $93Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $9

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
$14.45
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.18

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 15th 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.