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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Delaware 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$9.33$6.76 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$9.33 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $8 to $158Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $120
$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $9

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
$8.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$15.14
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$53.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$11.22

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 11th of 51

$23.99

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.