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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Maine 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$8.13$6.61 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$16.22 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $8 to $155Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$20$100$500facility $54professional $8

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
$51.29
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.48
Community Health Options
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80
Community Health Options
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$52.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 20th of 51

$16.60

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.