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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Missouri 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$8.32$6.92 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.00 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $76Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$7.76
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 8th of 51

$12.30

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.