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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 6 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$8.13$6.92 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$10.00 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $71Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $8

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
$8.51
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.22

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th 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.