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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Indiana 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?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.27 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 6 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$4.27$3.80 to $4.68
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$5.13 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $69Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$5.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$5.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$5.75

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 39th of 51

$5.13

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.