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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Alaska rates for HCPCS 87147

After an organism has already been grown from a patient's sample in the laboratory, this step uses an antibody-based reaction to further identify or classify exactly which organism it is. This is a laboratory identification step rather than a test that detects an infection directly from the original patient sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$5.13 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$4.68 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $72Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $17professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$16.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$45.71

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $11.75 · 10th of 51
WV $54.95DC $4.27

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.