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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 October 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$3.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.89 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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$3.89$3.39 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$3.39 to $6.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10facility $5professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$5.25
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.37
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
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
$1.91
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$3.89

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.