Lab tests CPT 87086 Wisconsin Outpatient

Urine culture cost in Wisconsin

In Wisconsin, 97 hospitals publish a cash price for urine culture for bacteria, with colony count: from $21.38 to $232.00, with a median of $75.40. The lowest price is at Amery Hospital (East Amery). The highest price is 10.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $75.40, is 11% above the US median of $67.86.
  • That is 9.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($8.07).
  • Wisconsin ranks 31st of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 4 of 97 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$21.38Amery Hospital
Median$75.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$232.00in Wisconsin
Lowest saves$54.02vs the median

Hospitals in Wisconsin, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Amery Hospital lowest East Amery · East Amery, WI Microbiology $21.38 $41.00 Mar 31, 2026
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River Falls Area Hospital River Falls · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HCHG CULTURE URINE ROUTINE QUEST $21.67 $38.70 Jun 15, 2026
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Bellin Memorial Health Green Bay · Green Bay, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; QUANTITATIVE COLONY COUNT, URINE (LAB WATER) $23.15 $50.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Beloit Memorial Hospital Beloit · Janesville-Beloit, WI RAID $24.90 $83.00 Oct 12, 2026
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Grant Regional Health Center Lancaster · Platteville, WI Bacterial colony count, urine $35.62 $54.79 Sep 18, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Berlin Berlin · Berlin, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-OSP Appleton · Appleton, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton · Appleton, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 7, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Fond Du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-New London New London · New London, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Shawano Shawano · Shawano, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Waupaca Waupaca · Waupaca, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Wild Rose Wild Rose · Wild Rose, WI URINE CULTURE, COLONY COUNT $38.42 $68.60 Aug 8, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $39.22 $74.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Elmbrook Campus Brookfield · Brookfield, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $39.22 $74.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - Franklin Campus Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $39.22 $74.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $39.22 $74.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $39.22 $74.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Westfields Hospital New Richmond · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Microbiology $39.45 $75.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Memorial Hospital of Boscobel Boscobel · Platteville, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; QUANTITATIVE COLONY COUNT, URINE $39.66 $77.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Gundersen Tri-County Hospital & Clinics Whitehall · Whitehall, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; QUANTITATIVE COLONY COUNT, URINE $41.84 $66.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $43.32 $76.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus Appleton · Appleton, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $43.32 $76.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN CULTURE, BACTERIAL; QUANTITATIVE COLONY COUNT, URINE $44.71 $85.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Gundersen Moundview Hospital and Clinics Friendship · Friendship, WI CULTURE, BACTERIAL; QUANTITATIVE COLONY COUNT, URINE $46.23 $91.00 Jun 27, 2026
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Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Fox Valley Neenah · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI HBC FV CULTURE URINE COLONY COUNT $52.25 $95.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Nicholas Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI HC CULTURE URINE W/COLONY CT $59.40 $90.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HC CULTURE URINE W/COLONY CT $59.40 $90.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls · Green Bay, WI HC CULTURE URINE W/COLONY CT $59.40 $90.00 Mar 24, 2026
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St Marys Hospital Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI HC CULTURE URINE W/COLONY CT $59.40 $90.00 Mar 24, 2026
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Black River Memorial Hospital Black River Falls · Black River Falls, WI Urine ID Org Sensi Culture MFL $61.20 $68.00 Jan 8, 2026
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Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton · Appleton, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $63.84 $112.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $64.66 $122.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus Mequon · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HC URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $64.66 $122.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Burnett Medical Center Grantsburg · Grantsburg, WI Bacterial colony count, urine $70.40 $88.00 Oct 2, 2026
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OakLeaf Surgical Hospital Altoona · Eau Claire, WI BACTERIAL COLONY COUNT; URINE $71.29 $79.21 Feb 19, 2026
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Hudson Hospital Hudson · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Microbiology $72.18 $160.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital Portage · Madison, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Eagle River Hospital Eagle River · Eagle River, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Langlade Hospital Antigo · Antigo, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Medford Hospital Medford · Medford, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill · Merrill, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Plover Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital Rhinelander · Rhinelander, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley · Eau Claire, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Tomahawk Hospital Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital Wausau · Wausau, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Wisconsin Rapids Hospital Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Howard Young Medical Center Woodruff · Woodruff, WI Fac Urine Culture/Colony Count $75.40 $116.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Southwest Health Center Platteville · Platteville, WI LCHG CULTURE URINE $81.00 $108.00 Mar 27, 2026
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Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay · Green Bay, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center Elkhorn · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Bay Area Marinette · Marinette, WI-MI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Burlington Burlington · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac · Fond du Lac, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc Two Rivers · Manitowoc, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant · Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh Oshkosh · Oshkosh-Neenah, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 5, 2026
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Aurora St. Luke's South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI CULTURE, URINE QUANTITATIVE $82.50 $165.00 Nov 6, 2026
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Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior · Duluth, MN-WI URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $82.77 $112.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Ladysmith Ladysmith · Ladysmith, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Minocqua Minocqua · Minocqua, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Neillsville Neillsville · Neillsville, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Park Falls Park Falls · Park Falls, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Rice Lake Rice Lake · Rice Lake, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - River Region at Stevens Point Stevens Point · Stevens Point-Plover, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Weston Weston · Wausau, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $84.55 $89.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield Marshfield · Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $86.45 $91.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Stoughton Hospital Stoughton · Madison, WI Bacterial colony count, urine $92.95 $169.00 Jun 11, 2026
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Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin Glendale · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI URINE BACTERIAL CULTURE QUANT $95.93 $181.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee · Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI HBC CULTURE URINE PREGNANT PATIENT $105.60 $192.00 Mar 23, 2026
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UnityPoint Health - Meriter Madison · Madison, WI HC BACT CULTURE - URINE; QUAN COUNT $108.35 $135.43 Jan 28, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Medical Center - Walworth Lake Geneva · Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL QUANTTATIVE COLONY COUNT URINE $111.48 $148.64 Mar 1, 2026
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Mercyhealth Hospital & Trauma Center Janesville · Janesville-Beloit, WI CHG CULTURE BACTERIAL QUANTTATIVE COLONY COUNT URINE $112.36 $149.82 Mar 1, 2026
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Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center Hayward · Hayward, WI Urine Culture/Colony Count $114.50 $120.53 Jan 26, 2026
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Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center Prairie Du Chien · Prairie Du Chien, WI Bacterial colony count, urine $117.00 $117.00 Oct 22, 2026
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Cumberland Memorial Hospital Cumberland · Rice Lake, WI CULTURE URINE $117.40 $117.40 Apr 16, 2026
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Tomah Memorial Hospital Tomah · Sparta, WI Bacterial colony count, urine $125.21 $217.75 Oct 28, 2026
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Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Pleasant Prairie · Kenosha, WI Lab - Bacterial Urine Culture Colony Count $128.92 $171.89 Jul 1, 2026
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Spooner Health System Spooner · Spooner, WI URINE CULTURE/COLONY COUNT $139.50 $155.00 Jul 20, 2026
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Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam, WI CULT URINE COLONY COUNT-TECH $140.60 $148.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center Ashland · Ashland, WI Lab Urine Culture $158.47 $166.81 Jan 26, 2026
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Edgerton Hospital and Health Services Edgerton · Janesville-Beloit, WI LCHG CULTURE URINE $164.25 $225.00 Jul 19, 2026
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AdventHealth Durand Durand · Durand, WI HC CULTURE URINE QUANTITATIVE $210.78 $210.78 Apr 1, 2026
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Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN CULTURE, BACTERIAL; QUANTITATIVE COLONY COUNT, URINE $232.00 $232.00 Nov 21, 2025
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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

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 16 $39.22 $82.50
Green Bay, WI 5 $23.15 $59.40
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 5 $38.42 $43.32
Appleton, WI 4 $38.42 $40.87
Eau Claire, WI 3 $71.29 $75.40
Janesville-Beloit, WI 3 $24.90 $112.36
Madison, WI 3 $75.40 $92.95
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 $21.67 $39.45
Platteville, WI 3 $35.62 $39.66
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 3 $75.40 $75.40
Fond du Lac, WI 2 $38.42 $60.46
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 2 $44.71 $138.36
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI 2 $82.50 $82.50
Rice Lake, WI 2 $84.55 $100.98
Sheboygan, WI 2 $59.40 $70.95
Wausau, WI 2 $75.40 $79.98
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI 2 $82.50 $96.99
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 2 $75.40 $80.92
Antigo, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
Ashland, WI 1 $158.47 $158.47
Berlin, WI 1 $38.42 $38.42
Black River Falls, WI 1 $61.20 $61.20
Brookfield, WI 1 $39.22 $39.22
Beaver Dam, WI 1 $140.60 $140.60
Durand, WI 1 $210.78 $210.78
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $82.77 $82.77
Eagle River, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
East Amery, WI 1 $21.38 $21.38
Friendship, WI 1 $46.23 $46.23
Grantsburg, WI 1 $70.40 $70.40
Hayward, WI 1 $114.50 $114.50
Kenosha, WI 1 $128.92 $128.92
Ladysmith, WI 1 $84.55 $84.55
Medford, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
Merrill, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
Minocqua, WI 1 $84.55 $84.55
Manitowoc, WI 1 $82.50 $82.50
Marinette, WI-MI 1 $82.50 $82.50
Neillsville, WI 1 $84.55 $84.55
New London, WI 1 $38.42 $38.42
Park Falls, WI 1 $84.55 $84.55
Prairie Du Chien, WI 1 $117.00 $117.00
Rhinelander, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
Spooner, WI 1 $139.50 $139.50
Shawano, WI 1 $38.42 $38.42
Sparta, WI 1 $125.21 $125.21
Tomahawk, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
Waupaca, WI 1 $38.42 $38.42
Whitehall, WI 1 $41.84 $41.84
Wild Rose, WI 1 $38.42 $38.42
Woodruff, WI 1 $75.40 $75.40
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

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Median cash price across the state's hospitals.