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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Nevada 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$6.46$4.68 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$9.33 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $34Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$8.91
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.49
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.49
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$13.18

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 26th of 51

$9.33

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.