Urine culture cost in Fayetteville, NC
In Fayetteville, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for urine culture for bacteria, with colony count: from $27.00 to $27.00, with a median of $27.00. The lowest listed price is at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and 2 other hospitals. Across North Carolina, the median is $36.99 at 52 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 87086, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center lowest Fayetteville, NC · (910) 609-4000 BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT; URINE | $27.00 | $45.00 | $8.07–$91.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital lowest Raeford, NC · (910) 904-8000 BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT; URINE | $27.00 | $45.00 | $8.07–$68.00 | 40% | — source file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital lowest Fayetteville, NC BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT; URINE | $27.00 | $45.00 | $8.07–$91.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $27.00, median $27.00, highest $27.00.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A urine culture grows bacteria from a urine sample in the lab and counts how many colonies appear. It is used to confirm a urinary tract infection, especially when symptoms return or first treatment does not work.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the culture and colony count. If bacteria grow, identifying them and testing which antibiotics work are separate codes with their own charges.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87086 ($69.19). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville, NCURINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $2.10 | file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford, NCURINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $2.10 | file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville, NCURINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $2.10 | file |