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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

Vermont 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$6.76 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$19.95 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $158Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $12

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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$21.38

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 7th of 51

$13.49

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.