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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Alabama 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 5 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$4.68$4.27 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$6.03 to $11.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $16Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $8professional $5

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
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$7.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$4.90

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.