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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Missouri 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$10.72$7.94 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$13.49 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $8 to $123Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $32
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $41professional $11

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
$42.66
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$11.22

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 12th of 51

$23.44

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.