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
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $8 is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 13% 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: 10 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.05 | $6.05 | $6.05 – $6.05 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.86 | $6.86 | $6.86 – $6.86 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 5 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.15 | $8.15 | $8.15 – $8.15 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 10 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 11 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.47 | $8.47 | $8.47 – $8.47 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $8.55 | $8.55 | $8.55 – $8.55 |
| 13 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.02 | $11.02 | $11.02 – $11.02 |
| 14 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $11.47 | $11.47 | $11.47 – $11.47 |
| 15 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $12.11 | $12.11 | $12.11 – $12.11 |
| 16 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $14.53 | $14.53 | $14.53 – $14.53 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $17.11 | $17.11 | $17.11 – $17.11 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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