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
Duluth, MN
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital’s median price of $8 is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 17% 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, 10 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 | Bcbs Mn blue cross medicare advantage plans fee schedule · both | $7.91 | $7.91 | $7.91 – $7.91 |
| 2 | Anthem anthem medicare advantage plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 4 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota state employee plan fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 5 | Healthpartners healthpartners medicare advantage plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage esa fee schedule · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 7 | Humana humana medicare ppo/pos/hmo network plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8.47 | $8.47 | $8.47 – $8.47 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $9.48 | $9.48 | $9.48 – $9.48 |
| 9 | Bcbs Mn blue cross minnesota federal employee program fee schedule · outpatient | $9.48 | $9.48 | $9.48 – $9.48 |
| 10 | Anthem anthem blue commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $16.14 | $16.14 | $16.14 – $16.14 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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