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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

South 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$8.13$7.08 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$36.31 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $16 to $72Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $43
$5$10$20$50$100facility $41professional $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
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$42.66
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 5th of 51

$15.85

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.