Urine culture cost in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient
In Fort Wayne, IN, 7 hospitals list a cash price for urine culture for bacteria, with colony count as an inpatient: from $8.10 to $43.00, with a median of $14.85. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center — $6.75 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $41.15 at 64 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 3 cities for code 87086, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center lowest Fort Wayne, IN 87086 URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $8.10 | $30.00 | $8.10–$30.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 87086 URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $9.72 | $27.00 | $6.80–$24.30 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 87086 URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $13.50 | $30.00 | $8.91–$27.00 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 87086 URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $14.85 | $27.00 | $8.07–$24.30 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkview Whitley Hospital Columbia City, IN · (260) 248-9301 HC CULTURE URINE | $41.00 | $82.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN HC CULTURE URINE | $43.00 | $86.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Parkview Regional Medical Center Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 266-1195 HC CULTURE URINE | $43.00 | $86.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN Urine Culture Qn | $96.66 | $358.00 | $96.66–$358.00 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 Urine Culture Qn | $111.60 | $248.00 | $73.66–$223.20 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 Urine Culture, Interstitial Cystitis (CQ) | $111.60 | $248.00 | $73.66–$223.20 | 55% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 Urine Culture Qn | $158.40 | $288.00 | $86.11–$259.20 | 45% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $8.10, median $14.85, highest $43.00 — a 5.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $8.10 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87086 ($58.80). 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.
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, INUrine Culture Qn | $2.91 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN87086PFW URINE CULTURE | $3.60 | file |