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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$5.62$4.37 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$10.96 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $36Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $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
$6.92
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$11.22
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.13

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 32nd 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.