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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Iowa 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 Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$5.75 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$12.30 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $9

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
$7.41
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th 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.