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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

New Mexico 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$7.76$5.75 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$16.60 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $9 to $87Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $8

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
$7.08
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.75

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 31st of 51

$8.91

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.