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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Kentucky 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.37 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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$4.37$2.95 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$4.37 to $9.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $4

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
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.46
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.24
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
$2.09
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.05

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$4.37

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.