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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Rhode Island 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$6.03 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$10.96 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $39Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16
$5$10$20facility $11professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.85

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$9.12

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.