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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 July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 7 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$4.90$4.27 to $5.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$5.13 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $40Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$1.0$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $9professional $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
$4.90
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$9.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.77
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.76

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Michigan $6.17 · 34th of 51
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.