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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Virginia 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$7.08$6.03 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$18.20 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $8 to $170Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $76professional $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
$10.00
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$16.98
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.22

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 19th of 51

$16.98

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.