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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$9.33$6.31 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.72 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $41Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$2$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $9

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 17th 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.