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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Mississippi 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 5 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$14.45$8.13 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$40.74 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $10 to $200Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $14

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
$14.45
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.60

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 4th of 51

$37.15

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.