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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

Montana 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.92 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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$6.92$4.68 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$7.59 to $10.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $7

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
$4.37
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.77
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$15.14
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.13

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$7.59

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.