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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Mississippi 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 5 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$9.55$7.08 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$8.71 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $74Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $15professional $10

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
$15.49
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$16.60

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 11th of 51

$11.22

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.