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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Mississippi 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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 4 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$6.03$4.07 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$5.50 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $60Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $6

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
$5.13
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$10.47

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

Mississippi· 28th of 51

$6.46

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.