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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Nebraska 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$12.02$5.37 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$21.88 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $12 to $98Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $5 to $54
$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $12

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
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$15.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.22

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$26.92

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.