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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

North Dakota 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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$9.55$7.08 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$45.71 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $38 to $107Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $78
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $51professional $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
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.18

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 15th of 51

$20.89

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.