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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Idaho 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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$9.55$8.13 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$26.30 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $10 to $91Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $48professional $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
$18.62
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.75
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$31.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.60

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 10th of 51

$26.30

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.