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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Nebraska 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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 8 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$15.85$6.92 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$28.84 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $9 to $123Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $5 to $40
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $63professional $16

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
$10.00
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.79
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$16.22

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$27.54

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.