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
Cincinnati, OH
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Bethesda Hospital Inc.’s median price of $12 is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 38% 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, 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem oh i and oh ii ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.41 | $6.41 | $6.41 – $6.41 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem blue connection hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.58 | $7.58 | $7.58 – $7.58 |
| 3 | Medical Mutual medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem blue access ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.71 | $8.71 | $8.71 – $8.71 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.68 | $9.68 | $9.68 – $9.68 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem ky pathway transition hmo exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.09 | $10.09 | $10.09 – $10.09 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem pathway x hmo exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $10.09 | $10.09 | $10.09 – $10.09 |
| 8 | Oscar all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.11 | $12.11 | $12.10 – $12.11 |
| 9 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.94 | $17.94 | $17.77 – $18.11 |
| 10 | Cigna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $28.17 | $28.17 | $4.41 – $51.93 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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