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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Missouri 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.01 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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$5.01$3.09 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$6.61 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $100Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$4.47
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.92
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
$2.19
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.20

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$6.17

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.