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Urine Culture With Bacteria Identification

Wyoming 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 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 4 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$7.41$7.08 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$39.81 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $16 to $112Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $26
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$23.99
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.22

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 44th of 51

$7.41

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.