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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Illinois 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 6 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$7.41$6.61 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$20.42 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $10 to $162Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $68professional $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
$9.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.51

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 7th of 51

$29.51

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.