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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Connecticut 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5.62 to $13.18.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $25Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20facility $13professional $6

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.14
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.60
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 34th of 51

$8.51

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.