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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$7.08$6.31 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$23.44 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $74Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$19.50
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.92
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 20th 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.