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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

South Carolina 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 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 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$6.46$6.31 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$15.14 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $7 to $91Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $40professional $6

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
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.22

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$12.30

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.