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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Florida 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.76$5.50 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$2.45 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $22Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $35
$2$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $8

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
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.48
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.62
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$54.95
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$9.33

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 40th of 51

$7.76

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.