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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

New Hampshire 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$6.17$5.62 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$16.22 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $11 to $50Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28
$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $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
$4.57
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$39.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$14.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 15th of 51

$10.72

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.