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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Michigan 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.91$7.08 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$8.91 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $34Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $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
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.91
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$36.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.30

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 28th of 51

$9.12

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.