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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Montana 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$9.55$7.41 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$13.80 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $10 to $132Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $66professional $10

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
$23.99
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$69,183.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.22

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 29th of 51

$10.72

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.