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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Oklahoma 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$7.08$6.92 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$10.00 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $7 to $117Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $7

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
$6.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.75
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.92

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 46th of 51

$8.13

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.