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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Florida 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 8 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$7.08$6.61 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$28.18 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $8 to $263Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $30
$5$20$100$500facility $66professional $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
$8.13
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.55
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.22
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$63.10
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 5th of 51

$30.90

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.