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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$6.92$6.03 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$8.71 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $6 to $87Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $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
$6.46
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$12.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.22

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 47th 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.