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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Nebraska 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.62$5.62 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$18.62 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $8 to $79Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$6.61
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$37.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$17.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$19.05

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$11.48

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.