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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87086

This lab test grows a urine sample on a culture plate and counts the number of bacterial colonies that develop, which helps determine whether a urinary tract infection is present and how significant it is. Higher colony counts generally indicate a true infection rather than incidental contamination. It's a standard test used to confirm and help guide treatment of suspected urinary tract infections.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$9.55$7.24 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$7.08 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $7 to $186Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $38professional $10

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
$9.77
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$25.70
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$85.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in West Virginia than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 24th of 51

$13.80

WV $83.18VT $7.24

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.