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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Florida 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 8 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$4.57$4.27 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$13.80 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $5 to $85Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $22professional $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
$5.75
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$7.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.47
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$39.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.13

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 36th of 51

$5.75

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.