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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Maryland 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$7.08$6.46 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$48.98 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $8 to $87Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $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
$9.33
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.77
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$9.55

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.