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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 July 2026.

How much does Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism cost?

$5.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$5.13$4.90 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$6.17 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $5 to $47Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $16professional $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
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$11.48

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $5.13 · 43rd 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.