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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Colorado 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?

$6.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 7 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$4.37$3.98 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$9.33 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $56Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $4

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
$5.01
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.17
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.90

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$6.92

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.