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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

North Dakota 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$14.13$10.72 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$6.61 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $7 to $68Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $14

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
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$15.49

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.