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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 October 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$3.55 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$9.12 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $24Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $15professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$7.24
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.80
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.79
Typical High
$1.05

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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· 25th of 51

$5.75

VT $36.31MD $3.89

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.