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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Iowa 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $7.94 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$5.13$3.09 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.94$6.17 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $5

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
$4.07
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.92
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$6.17

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.