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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Georgia 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$7.24$6.31 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$10.72 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $8 to $219Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $32professional $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
$57.54
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$17.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$10.23

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.