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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Arkansas 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 7 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$12.59$6.76 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$12.59 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $9 to $129Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $13

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
$10.96
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.59
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$15.49

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$15.49

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.