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
Spokane, WA
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Providence Health And Services - Washington’s median price of $15 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 50% 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, 13 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 | Kaiser medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield premera medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $8.39 | $8.39 | $8.39 – $8.39 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $8.47 | $8.47 | $8.47 – $8.47 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield asuris medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $8.72 | $8.72 | $8.72 – $8.72 |
| 6 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $13.64 | $13.64 | $13.64 – $13.64 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield premera - lifewise health plan of washington affordable care network other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $14.53 | $14.53 | $14.53 – $14.53 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare aco tiered other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $15.73 | $15.73 | $9.68 – $21.77 |
| 9 | Cigna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $17.33 | $17.33 | $17.33 – $17.33 |
| 10 | Kaiser all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $20.34 | $20.34 | $20.34 – $20.34 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare navigate exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $23.81 | $23.81 | $23.81 – $23.81 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $26.77 | $26.77 | $26.77 – $26.77 |
| 13 | Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $47.59 | $47.59 | $47.59 – $47.59 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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