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.
Original text from hospital filings
BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT; URINE
Lewes, DE
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Beebe Medical Center Inc.’s median price of $26 is 74% above the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 65% 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: 6 payers, 6 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 | Medicaid medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7.91 | $7.91 | $7.91 – $7.91 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark bc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $18.72 | $18.72 | $18.72 – $18.72 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $24.09 | $24.09 | $24.09 – $24.09 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $55.44 | $55.44 | $55.44 – $55.44 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $151.20 | $151.20 | $151.20 – $151.20 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $148.85 | $151.21 | $148.85 – $155.94 |
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026
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