go back

Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Nevada 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?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$7.08$6.31 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$9.55 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $6 to $166Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $23professional $7

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
$6.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.75
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.18
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 49th of 51

$7.08

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.