Urine culture cost in Lake Havasu City, AZ
In Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ, 3 hospitals list a cash price for urine culture for bacteria, with colony count: from $148.05 to $428.31, with a median of $221.40. The lowest listed price is at Kingman Regional Medical Center — $73.35 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $67.55 at 49 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 Aug 14, 2026 and Aug 14, 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingman Regional Medical Center lowest Kingman, AZ · (928) 757-2101 Bacterial colony count, urine | $148.05 | $423.00 | $8.07–$465.30 | 65% | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Valley View Medical Center Fort Mohave, AZ · (928) 788-2273 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | $221.40 | $369.00 | $13.02 | 40% | — source file |
| Havasu Regional Medical Center Lake Havasu City, AZ · (928) 855-8185 Culture, bacterial; quantitative colony count, urine | $428.31 | $713.85 | $8.07–$713.85 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $148.05, median $221.40, highest $428.31 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $7.18. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Western Arizona Regional Medical Center Bullhead City, AZCULT URINE-COLONY CT | $4.10 | file |