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Urine Bacteria Colony Count Culture

Vermont 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$7.24$6.92 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$56.23 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $8 to $126Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $74professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 51st of 51

$7.24

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.