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
URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT
Fargo, ND
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Sanford Fargo Medical Center’s median price of $8 is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 15% 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, 12 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 | Sanford Health Plan medicare replacement case rate · outpatient | $7.67 | $7.67 | $7.67 – $7.67 |
| 2 | Bcbs Mn commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mn pmap fee schedule · outpatient | $8.07 | $8.07 | $8.07 – $8.07 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare replacement case rate · outpatient | $8.23 | $8.23 | $8.23 – $8.23 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare replacement case rate · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 6 | Bcbs Mn medicare replacement case rate · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 7 | Bcbs Nd medicare replacement case rate · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare replacement case rate · outpatient | $8.31 | $8.31 | $8.31 – $8.31 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan sd exchange true fee schedule · outpatient | $16.53 | $16.53 | $16.53 – $16.53 |
| 10 | Sanford Health Plan group health/true fee schedule · outpatient | $18.84 | $18.84 | $18.84 – $18.84 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan sd exchange commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $19.44 | $19.44 | $19.44 – $19.44 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercial/nd pers fee schedule · outpatient | $22.17 | $22.17 | $22.17 – $22.17 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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