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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Minnesota 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$7.24 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$12.02 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $8 to $60Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$7.59
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$8.13

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.