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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

South 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 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$8.13 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$45.71 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $38 to $126Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $78
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $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
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$79.43
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.02
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.22
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 3rd of 51

$46.77

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.