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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Illinois 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$6.61 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$16.22 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $10 to $100Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $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
$10.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$91.20
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 3rd of 51

$16.60

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.