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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

New Hampshire 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$13.49$7.24 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$12.30 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $8 to $115Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $36
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $46professional $13

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
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$23.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$23.99

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 16th of 51

$19.50

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.