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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Michigan 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?

$5.01

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.01 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.90$3.89 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$4.90 to $16.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $38Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $7
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$39.81
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.76

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 31st of 51

$5.01

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.