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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87046

When a stool culture grows bacteria beyond the two most common intestinal disease-causing types, this covers the extra laboratory work of isolating and identifying each additional organism found. It is billed alongside the primary stool culture, not as a stand-alone test. This more thorough identification helps pinpoint a less common cause of an intestinal infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms cost?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$11.22 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$32.36 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $9 to $107Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $51professional $21

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$39.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$91.20

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$31.62

AK $31.62GA $6.31

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.