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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Maryland 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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$4.57$3.89 to $4.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$46.77 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $19 to $74Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $52professional $5

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
$18.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$9.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.76

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 3rd of 51

$27.54

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.