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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 July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$6.61$5.25 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$7.76 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $5 to $100Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $33
$5$20$100$500facility $15professional $7

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
$5.13
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$12.02
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$8.91

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.