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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Maine 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$4.68 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$9.12 to $13.80

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $76Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.39
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.39

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 44th of 51

$7.59

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.