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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Washington, DC 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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$3.89$3.89 to $3.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$6.17 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $2 to $52Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$2.09
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$40.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.91

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$4.27

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.