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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

North Dakota 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 North Dakota, 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 $39.81 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$8.13$7.08 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$14.45 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $6 to $55Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $42
$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $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
$5.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.18

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 42nd 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.