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Lab Identification Of A Cultured Organism

North Dakota 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 5 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$8.71$4.68 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$9.33 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $4 to $69Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $37
$5$10$20$50facility $35professional $9

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
$3.63
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.51

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 12th of 51

$9.33

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.