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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Mississippi 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$5.89 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18
$5$10$20facility $15professional $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
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$19.50

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 10th of 51

$13.18

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.