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
Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine
MANCHESTER, NH
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Catholic Medical Center’s median price of $15 is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 51% 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, 17 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 | Amerihealth Caritas mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $7.19 | $7.19 | $7.19 – $7.19 |
| 2 | Aetna mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 3 | Humana mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 4 | Humana tricr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.09 | $8.09 | $8.09 – $8.09 |
| 5 | Anthem mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 7 | Anthem individualonexchange fee schedule · outpatient | $10.33 | $10.33 | $10.33 – $10.33 |
| 8 | Anthem pathway fee schedule · outpatient | $10.80 | $10.80 | $10.80 – $10.80 |
| 9 | Anthem bluechoice fee schedule · outpatient | $13.89 | $13.89 | $13.89 – $13.89 |
| 10 | Anthem hpn fee schedule · outpatient | $13.89 | $13.89 | $13.89 – $13.89 |
| 11 | Anthem hmo/pos fee schedule · outpatient | $15.43 | $15.43 | $15.43 – $15.43 |
| 12 | Anthem individualoffexchange fee schedule · outpatient | $15.43 | $15.43 | $15.43 – $15.43 |
| 13 | Anthem ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $32.30 | $32.30 | $32.30 – $32.30 |
| 14 | Anthem fep fee schedule · outpatient | $32.45 | $32.45 | $32.45 – $32.45 |
| 15 | Anthem indemnity percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $38.70 | $38.70 | $38.70 – $38.70 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $48.60 | $48.60 | $48.60 – $48.60 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare optionsppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $70.03 | $70.03 | $70.03 – $70.03 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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