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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Minnesota 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?

$5.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$5.13$4.47 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$9.55 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $5 to $41Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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
$36.31
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 20th of 51

$5.89

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.