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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Minnesota 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?

$10.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$8.71$7.59 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$30.90 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $10 to $107Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $60
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $9

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
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$60.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$17.78

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$10.47

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.