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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Idaho 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$11.22$8.91 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$14.13 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $51Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $11

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
$7.24
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$43.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$20.42

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 3rd of 51

$16.98

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.