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
COLONY COUNT URINE
Birmingham, AL
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University of Alabama Hospital’s median price of $146 is 905% above the median hospital's median price ($15), higher than 97% of the 2,292 hospitals reporting CPT 87086. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Feb 19, 2026
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