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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Michigan 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$7.59$6.92 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$9.55 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $8 to $81Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $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
$7.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.14
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.47

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 26th of 51

$12.02

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.