Urine culture cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 37 hospitals publish a cash price for urine culture for bacteria, with colony count: from $8.00 to $272.95, with a median of $53.25. The lowest price is at Riverview Regional Medical Center (Gadsden). The highest price is 34.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $53.25, is 22% below the US median of $67.86.
- That is 6.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($8.07).
- Alabama ranks 16th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 37 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 87086. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$8.00Riverview Regional Medical Center
Median$53.25half of hospitals charge less
Highest$272.95in Alabama
Lowest saves$45.25vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Regional Medical Center lowest Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Hc Urine Culture, Colony Count | $8.00 | $567.70 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeland Community Hospital Haleyville · Haleyville, AL URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $8.97 | — | Sep 28, 2026 source file |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center Cullman · Cullman, AL Urine Culture | $9.68 | $134.64 | Jan 19, 2026 source file |
| Montgomery Cancer Center Montgomery · Montgomery, AL CULTURE URINE | $10.80 | $18.00 | Dec 30, 2025 source file |
| Troy Regional Medical Center Troy · Troy, AL URINE CULTURE | $11.95 | $68.00 | Dec 31, 2024 source file |
| Marion Regional Medical Center Hamilton · Hamilton, AL HC CULTURE URINE | $13.33 | $31.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services-South Marion Winfield · Winfield, AL HC CULTURE URINE | $13.33 | $31.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center Sylacauga · Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Culture Urine Routine | $14.00 | $60.00 | — source file |
| Whitfield Regional Hospital Demopolis · Demopolis, AL Urine Colony Count | $15.00 | $25.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Choctaw General Butler · Butler, AL HC CULTURE, URINE COLONY COUNT | $19.76 | $26.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Highlands Medical Center Scottsboro · Scottsboro, AL BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT; URINE | $24.50 | $35.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Culture-Urology Urine Screen | $30.43 | $70.77 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Culture-Urology Urine Screen | $30.43 | $70.77 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Flowers Hospital Dothan · Dothan, AL CULT URINE-COLONY CT | $33.60 | $224.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monroe County Hospital Monroeville · Monroeville, AL CULTURE URINE | $33.80 | $84.50 | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre · Centre, AL HC URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT | $39.50 | $79.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL Urine Culture | $40.15 | $73.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Medical Center Barbour Eufaula · Eufaula, AL-GA CULT-URINE CC | $49.00 | $98.00 | Mar 29, 2026 source file |
| Grandview Medical Center Birmingham · Birmingham, AL CULT URINE-COLONY CT | $53.25 | $355.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Evergreen Medical Center Evergreen · Evergreen, AL PCR - URINE | $56.74 | $87.29 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Bibb Medical Center Centreville · Birmingham, AL CULTURE - URINE | $57.15 | $57.15 | Nov 1, 2025 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Cult Bact Urine Quant Col Ct | $62.25 | $83.00 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT | $65.62 | $164.04 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Russellville Hospital Russellville · Russellville, AL CULTURE URINE | $70.46 | $271.00 | Jul 31, 2026 source file |
| Crenshaw Community Hospital Luverne · Luverne, AL CULTURE BACTERIAL URINE | $71.96 | $143.91 | Oct 13, 2025 source file |
| Medical Center Enterprise Enterprise · Enterprise, AL CULT URINE-COLONY CT | $76.26 | $847.30 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dch Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa · Tuscaloosa, AL CULTURE URINE COL CT | $79.25 | $158.50 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Fayette Medical Center Fayette · Fayette, AL CULTURE URINE COL CT | $79.25 | $158.50 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL CULT URINE-COLONY CT | $89.56 | $497.54 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Athens Limestone Hospital Athens · Huntsville, AL CULTURE URINE | $92.00 | $92.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Regional Medical Center Fort Payne · Fort Payne, AL CULTURE URINE | $92.00 | $92.00 | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center South Montgomery · Montgomery, AL AMB-CULTURE URINE | $94.83 | $158.05 | Dec 30, 2025 source file |
| Red Bay Hospital Red Bay · Russellville, AL CATH SYS PRIMOFIT URINE MGMT | $130.00 | $130.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL CULT URINE-COLONY CT | $138.92 | $771.78 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Center North Guntersville · Albertville, AL LAB-URINE CULTURE | $153.00 | $153.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Centers Boaz · Albertville, AL LAB-URINE CULTURE | $153.00 | $153.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL CULT URINE-COLONY CT | $272.95 | $2,274.57 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 5 | $30.43 | $53.25 |
| Albertville, AL | 2 | $153.00 | $153.00 |
| Dothan, AL | 2 | $33.60 | $49.61 |
| Gadsden, AL | 2 | $8.00 | $140.48 |
| Huntsville, AL | 2 | $92.00 | $115.46 |
| Montgomery, AL | 2 | $10.80 | $52.82 |
| Russellville, AL | 2 | $70.46 | $100.23 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $40.15 | $40.15 |
| Butler, AL | 1 | $19.76 | $19.76 |
| Centre, AL | 1 | $39.50 | $39.50 |
| Cullman, AL | 1 | $9.68 | $9.68 |
| Demopolis, AL | 1 | $15.00 | $15.00 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $89.56 | $89.56 |
| Evergreen, AL | 1 | $56.74 | $56.74 |
| Enterprise, AL | 1 | $76.26 | $76.26 |
| Eufaula, AL-GA | 1 | $49.00 | $49.00 |
| Fayette, AL | 1 | $79.25 | $79.25 |
| Fort Payne, AL | 1 | $92.00 | $92.00 |
| Haleyville, AL | 1 | $8.97 | $8.97 |
| Hamilton, AL | 1 | $13.33 | $13.33 |
| Luverne, AL | 1 | $71.96 | $71.96 |
| Monroeville, AL | 1 | $33.80 | $33.80 |
| Scottsboro, AL | 1 | $24.50 | $24.50 |
| Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 1 | $14.00 | $14.00 |
| Troy, AL | 1 | $11.95 | $11.95 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 1 | $79.25 | $79.25 |
| Winfield, AL | 1 | $13.33 | $13.33 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What urine culture is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Urine culture explained.
Urine culture for bacteria, with colony count in other states
- Alaska$105.00
- Arizona$53.87
- Arkansas$28.60
- California$139.36
- Colorado$101.38
- Connecticut$47.20
- Delaware$139.02
- District of Columbia$71.56, 3 hospitals
- Florida$169.52
- Georgia$85.78
- Hawaii$74.00
- Idaho$60.00
- Illinois$91.70
- Indiana$43.70
- Iowa$58.50
- Kansas$53.20
- Kentucky$82.80
- Louisiana$36.80
- Maine$64.19
- Maryland$56.19
- Massachusetts$39.03
- Michigan$55.00
- Minnesota$57.68
- Mississippi$41.70
- Missouri$67.00
- Montana$90.40
- Nebraska$74.00
- Nevada$202.11
- New Hampshire$82.31
- New Jersey$9.28
- New Mexico$89.99
- New York$38.13
- North Carolina$36.99
- North Dakota$60.53
- Ohio$56.90
- Oklahoma$48.30
- Oregon$52.65
- Pennsylvania$56.70
- Puerto Rico$34.15
- Rhode Island$51.60
- South Carolina$102.24
- South Dakota$81.40
- Tennessee$38.44
- Texas$129.30
- Utah$102.21
- Vermont$76.50
- Virginia$77.50
- Washington$84.38
- West Virginia$58.57
- Wisconsin$75.40
- Wyoming$76.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.