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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Oregon 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 9 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$8.13$7.24 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$9.77 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $8 to $98Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $32professional $8

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
$9.77
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.14
HealthNet
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.22
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$23.99
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$13.18

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 28th of 51

$10.96

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.