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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Kansas 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 6 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 $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$11.75 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20facility $12professional $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
$4.79
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$10.72
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.10

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 4th of 51

$11.75

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.