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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Virginia 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 8 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 $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$10.23 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $8 to $102Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$10$100$1Kfacility $39professional $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
$10.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$14.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.98
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.51

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$8.51

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.