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Stool Culture, Additional Intestinal Organisms

West Virginia 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?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$5.37 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$8.51 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $60Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$123.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$25.70

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 35th of 51

$8.51

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.