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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Montana 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$7.41 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$10.96 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $87Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $25professional $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
$23.99
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$24.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.22

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 21st of 51

$9.33

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.