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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

West 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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 5 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$6.61$6.31 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$72.44 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $12 to $126Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $87professional $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
$12.02
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$53.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$112.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 1st of 51

$75.86

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.