Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Delaware 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$7.76	$5.89 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$20.42	$19.50 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $6 to $68Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $7.76 Median $20.42 Typical High $25.12	Facility	None	$7.76	$20.42	$25.12
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $5.01 Median $8.71 Typical High $13.18	Professional	None	$5.01	$8.71	$13.18
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $6.17 Median $6.17 Typical High $19.50	Facility	None	$6.17	$6.17	$19.50
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $5.89 Median $10.72 Typical High $45.71	Professional	None	$5.89	$10.72	$45.71
Highmark BCBS Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $19.50 Median $24.55 Typical High $67.61	Facility	None	$19.50	$24.55	$67.61
United Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $3.98 Median $5.62 Typical High $13.18	Professional	None	$3.98	$5.62	$13.18

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 14th of 51

$10.72

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.