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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Maine 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$8.13$6.61 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$8.13 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $89Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$26.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.60

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 32nd of 51

$8.71

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.