Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Urine culture/colony count
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $8 is 46% below the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 12% of the 2,561 hospitals reporting CPT 87086. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 9 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.75 | $2.75 | $2.75 – $2.75 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.75 | $2.75 | $2.75 – $2.75 |
| 3 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.97 | $4.97 | $4.97 – $4.97 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 6 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.09 | $8.09 | $8.09 – $8.09 |
| 7 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.50 | $11.50 | $8.47 – $14.53 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.94 | $11.94 | $8.07 – $15.80 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.65 | $13.90 | $9.42 – $19.62 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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