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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Tennessee 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6.46 to $12.88.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $34Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $7

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
$7.59
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 38th of 51

$7.94

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.