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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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$7.24$6.31 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$7.59 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20facility $10professional $7

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
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 45th 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.